Cover Me Up Chords & Tabs

by Jason Isbell

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Whole Song:
BPM: 130
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 101]
COVER ME UP
BY JASON ISBELL, FROM SOUTHEASTERN
* CAPO 1; KEY OF Eb

[Intro]
D  G    D

[Verse 1]
               D                      G                      D  
A heart on the run, keeps a hand on a gun, it can’t trust anyone
         D                       G                            D  
I was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sun
                Bm                     G                     D   
In days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was done
              D                        G                         D  
But I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone

[Chorus 1]
   D                            G                         D   
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
     D                     G                  D       
'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom
     Em                       G                       Bm  
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
            D                   G                   D   
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

[Interlude]
D  G    D

[Verse 2]
                      D                          G                    D    
Put your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond on high
          D                    G                   D   
I sobered up, I swore off that stuff, forever this time
                   Bm                       G                  D      
And the old lovers sing "I thought it’d be me who helped him get home"
               D                    G                    D   
But home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along

[Chorus 2]
   D                          G                          D   
So girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this room
     D                        G                   D           
'Til Percy Priest breaks open wide and the river runs through*
Em                        G                           Bm  
Carries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwood
         D                   G                   D   
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

[Interlude]
D  G    D
D  G    D

[Chorus 1]
   D                            G                         D   
So girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this room
     D                     G                  D       
'Til someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloom
     Em                       G                       Bm  
It’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop wood
            D                   G                   D   
So cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

[Tag]
         D                   G                   D   
Cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good

[Interlude]
D  G    D
D
* Live versions may be played with capo 2 in E.
** Percy Priest is a lake and dam near Nashville.