The End

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The End (Adams/Panes)
From Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights
Lyrics/Chords transcribed by N. Papador
The song is in a country waltz feel… 3 beats per chord. I've placed the chord
symbols approximately where they coincide with the words.
INTRO
G A G A G A D D
VERSE 1
D G D D
I don’t know the sound of my father’s voice
D D A A
I don’t even know how he says my name
G A Bm G
But it plays out like song on a jukebox in a bar
D D/A A D D
In the back of my head till it’s worrying machine
D G D D
And in the cotton fields by the house where I was born
D D A A
The leaves burn like effigies of my kin
G A Bm G
And the trains run like snakes through the Pentecostal pines
D D/A A D D
Filled up with cotton and dime store gin
CHORUS I
Bm Bm G D
Jacksonville, how you burden in my soul
A G Bm Bm
How you hold all my dreams captive
Bm Bm G D
Jacksonville, how you play with my mind
A G
How my heart goes bad
Bm A Bm Bm C
(n..)
Suffocating on the pines in Jacksonville
INTRO
G A G A G A D D
The end the end
Verse 2/Chorus 2 – same chords
Quiet Instrumental break
G A G A G A D D
OUTRO
G A G A G A D D D D
The end the end the end

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The End (Adams/Panes)
From Ryan Adams and the Cardinals – Jacksonville City Nights
Lyrics/Chords transcribed by N. Papador
The song is in a country waltz feel… 3 beats per chord. I've placed the chord
symbols approximately where they coincide with the words.  
INTRO
G      A     G    A     G      A    D    D
VERSE 1
CHORUS I
INTRO
Verse 2/Chorus 2 – same chords
Quiet Instrumental break
G      A    G     A     G   A  D D
OUTRO

The End Chords by Ryan Adams

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