This Old Skin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][F#m][G][A][D][F#m][G][A][F#m]
[A]It was

[Verse 1]
[D]
[F#m]'96 in South Car[D]olin[F#m]a,
That's [G]the place and not
the goddamn [A]year
Just sit[D]tin' on the porch
out [F#m]at Bobby's place,
Just tug[G]gin' on a lukewarm beer.
[A]And[F#m] there i w[G]as peepin
like an [Em]old sidewinder,
Just an [G]inch or so above [Em]the mud.
[Bm]The first to find out that its [G]rainin'
is [D]the last to find out it's a flood.
[A]

[Verse 2]
It was [D]Paradise Valley, [F#m]Nevada,
[G]Not far from where the west was [A]won.
I am [D]the only black face in
the [F#m]whole damn place
Just [G]a raisin in the blazing sun.
[A]And the[G]re i am like that old[Em] sidewinder,
Just [G]wishin' that her
eggs ain't [Em]hatched.
And [Bm]the chain i wear has 'em [G]wishin' for the
day when it [D]came with a ball attached.
[A]

[Verse 3]
So I'm gonna [D]move[F#m]
right outta this [G]town.
[A]When this [D]old [F#m]skin stops
weighin' me [Em]down.[G][A]
[F#m]This old skin.

[Verse 4]
He was [G]sittin' in the very same [Em]spot that
Otis [D]sat to watch the dock of the [Bm]bay
In [C]the very same spot that
[Em]the ships rolled in.
Now there's [A]nothing but
the mud and the clay.

[Verse 5]
I'm gonna [D]move[F#m]
right outta this [G]town.[A]
This [D]old skin,
[F#m]it's weighin' me down.[Em][G][A]
[F#m]This o[D]ld skin.
[F#m][G]

[Verse 6]
[A]
[D]Outside Orlando when [F#m]the sunshine state
Has just [G]upped itself another degree.
[A]I am the[D] very last orange of
the [F#m]whole years crop.
Hangin' [G]dearly to the branch
of [A]the tree.
And [G]the wind and the spring
couldn't [Em]do anything.
So im [G]burnin' in the sun
of [Em]the south.
That [Bm]old sidewinder in t[G]he dust below,
I'm just [D]waiting till it opens its mouth.
[A]

[Verse 7]
So I'm gonna [D]move[F#m]
right outta this [G]town
[A]When this [D]old [F#m]skin finally
touches [G]the ground.[A]
[F#m]this old skin

[Verse 8]
He was sit[G]tin' in the very
same [Em]spot that
Otis [D]sat to watch the dock
of [Bm]the bay
In the [C]very same spot that
[Em]the ships rolled in.
Now there's [A]nothing but
the mud and the clay.

[Verse 9]
Now I'm gonna [D]move[F#m]
right outta this [G]town[A]
When this [D]old [F#m]skin finally
touches [G]the ground.[A]
[F#m]This o[D]ld s[F#m]kin
This old [G]skin[A]
This [D]old [F#m]skin[G][A]
This [D]old skin