Thoroughfare Chords & Tabs

by Ethel Cain

[Verse 1]
     E                                      D           Dsus2
You fell in love with America when you were 12 years old
        A                            E  
And by 17 you knew you had to see it all
      E                                           D      Dsus2
You loved your dad and the love he had for your mother so
            A                                 E  
You had to get out and go chasin' it's sweet call

[Instrumental break]
E D A E

[Verse 2]
   E                                        D         Dsus2
I met you there in Texas somewhere on the thoroughfare
        A            Am                                 E                 
On the side of the road in some torn up clothes with a pistol in my pocket
           E                                                        D     Dsus2
I didn’t trust no one but you said "Baby, don’t run, I’ll take you anywhere"
      A                                             E                           
So I hopped right in, outta luck to spend, and at least your truck beats walking

[Chorus]
              E                                   D  Dsus2
And you said "Hey, do you wanna see the west with me?
       A                                    E  
Cause lovе's out there and I can’t leavе it be"
             E                                D Dsus2
And I said "Honey, love's never meant much to me
          A                                          E   
But I'll come with you if you're sure it's what you need"

[Verse 3]
            E                                D               Dsus2     
So we made off for California to find your lover, driving day and night
     A                               E                         
And every small town diner saw our faces at least once or twice
              E                                D          Dsus2
But in these motel rooms, I started to see you differently
               A                                             E                  
Cause for the first time since I was a child, I could see a man who wasn’t angry

[Verse 4]
                          E                                            D                   Dsus2       
And he said “It's been a long damn time since I left Florida, no one left to leave, no one left to love
                A                                        E    
But now that I met you, I finally know just where I’m headin'”
              E                                               D                 
And we found heaven in time where your western sunshine met my deep southern wet
             A                                           E                         
And you got lost in it and yet you found yourself hard pressed for air and sweatin'

[Chorus]
               E                                  D  
And you said "Hey, do you wanna see the west with me?
                      Dsus2         
(Do you wanna see the west with me?)
        A                                   E  
Cause love's out there and I can’t leave it be"
(I can’t leave it, I can’t leave it)
             E                                     D 
And I said "Honey, love's never meant that much to me
          Dsus2
(Nothing much)
          A                                          E   
But I'll come with you if you're sure it's what you need"

[Bridge]
          E                                                      D                   Dsus2       
Once we reached the coast you said "End of the line, we finally hit the edge, after all this time
          A                        E                          
I didn't find my love but I still made it this far without it"
              E                                                   D                      Dsus2        
But then you turned to me and stared into me deep and said "But maybe not, cause look at what I've got
               A                         E      
You might not be my love, but, baby, I doubt it"

[Chorus]
               E                                  D  Dsus2
And you said "Hey, do you wanna see the west with me?
        A                                   E  
Cause love's out there and I can’t leave it be"
             E                                D 
And I said "Honey, love's never meant much to me
           A                                         E   
But I'll come with you if you're sure it's what you need"

[Instrumental break]
E D A E

[Outro]
E              D                       Dsus2                     A                              E
Cause in your pickup truck with all of your dumb luck is the only place I think I’d ever wanna be