White Crosses Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

G

Cadd9

Em7 G

Em7

Dsus2

Dsus4

A7sus4

Asus4

Gadd9

G7M9

1/2 = half a beat

1/4 = one quarter of a beat

3/4 = three quarters of a beat

Intro 1/4 1/4 2/4

Cadd9 Dsus2 G G7M9 1/Em74 G 2/4 1/4

Cadd9 Dsus2 A7sus4 Gadd9 Cadd9 Dsus2

Verse

Well I Gpacked all of my things into this Cadd9blanket

To Em7callG this year to earn coyotes Dsus2fill

Kiss my Asus4wife and kids goodbye Gadd9choke back the Cadd9quiver in my breath

And Em7took my first steps into this Dsus2corridor of death Dsus2

If I’m Asus4lucky I will make it Gadd9to a Cadd9drain

With Em7500 Gof my brothers, Dsus2I would share the strain

Of Asus4standing in this boGadd9xcar Cadd9praying for rain

It’s the Em7only the way we will quench our Dsus2thirst

Chorus

In these gardens of Cadd9white cDsus4rosses

GGrowing in the G7M9California sEm7and G

In these gardens of wCadd9hite cDsus4rosses

We are the Cadd9children of povertGadd9y Cadd9trying to a Dsus2make a stEm7and G

Verse

If we Gmake it past the border, we will sCadd9catter

Em7VaniGsh just like smoke in autumn wDsus2ind

I will Asus4run until my color wilGadd9l not Cadd9matter

HopiEm7n’ I can find some work or Dsus2possibly a friend

There are Asus4others who have made it hGadd9ere Cadd9

They will show me how to find a Em7job Gand a place to lay my hDsus2ead

And I Asus4cannot be concernedGadd9 with Cadd9dreams of my children

For Em7there are 5 others in Dsus2line for my bed

Chorus

In these gardens of Cadd9white cDsus4rosses

GGrowing in the G7M9California sEm7and G

In these gardens of wCadd9hite cDsus4rosses

We are the Cadd9children of povertGadd9y Cadd9trying to a Dsus2make a stEm7and G

I will Ggladly pick your peaches or Cadd9clean your hotel rooms

Em7I wiGll do the jobs AmDsus2erican won’t do

With their A7sus4cell phones to their heads and Gadd9$700 Cadd9 dollar shoes

Em7I will risk my life ‘cause it’s Dsus2all I have to lose Dsus2

Let the Gdevil in the mountains Cadd9promise me a ride

Em7Found an 18 wheeler and put Dsus2all of us inside

And Asus4just outside of victory, Cadd919 of us died

Em7None of our bodies hit the flooDsus2r

And so my Asus4wife she still wonderGadd9s Cadd9when I’m coming home

The Em7riches that I promised her for Dsus2leaving her alone

I said that Asus4I would send her all that IGadd9 could Cadd9save

But I Em7ended up in California Dsus2in an unknown grave

Chorus

In these gardens of Cadd9white cDsus4rosses

GGrowing in the G7M9California sEm7and G

In these gardens of wCadd9hite cDsus4rosses

We are the Cadd9children of povertGadd9y Cadd9dying to a Dsus2make a stEm7and G

In these gardens of Cadd9white cDsus4rosses

GGrowing in the G7M9California sEm7and G

In these gardens of wCadd9hite cDsus4rosses

We are the Cadd9children of povertGadd9y Cadd9dying to a Dsus2make a stEm7and G

3/4 1/4 3/4 1/4

Em7/G Cadd9 G Cadd9

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