Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - When We Were Close

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]
Em G D Em G D D
e|–0-0–0-0–2-2——–0-0–0-0–2-2———–|
B|–0-0–3-3–3-3——–0-0–3-3–3-3———–|
G|–0-0–0-0–2-2——–0-0–0-0–2-2–2h4p2p0–|
D|–2-2–0-0–0-0——–2-2–2-2–0-0———–|
A|–2-2–2-2————-2-2–2-2—————-|
E|–0-0–3-3————-0-0–3-3—————-|

[Verse 1]
Em G D
I got a picture of us back when we were close
Em G D
Before we had somebody picking out our clothes
Em G D
But you always dressed in your Sunday best
Em G D
Even when we didn’t have nowhere to go
Em G D
I got a picture of us playing in a bar
Em G D
And your shirt cost more than your guitar
Em G D
But you played so heavy and you always let me sing
Em G D
A couple even though you were the star

[Chorus]
C G D
I was the worse of the two of us
C G D
But Rex’s Blues wasn’t through with us
C G D Am
You were bound for glory and grown to die
C Em G
Oh, but why wasn’t I?
D Em G D
Why wasn’t I?

[Verse 2]
Em G D
Saw a picture of you laughing with your child
Em G D
And I hope she will remember how you smiled
Em G D
But she probably wasn’t old enough, the night somebody sold you stuff
Em G D
That left you on the bathroom tiles
Em G D
Got a picture of you dying in my mind
Em G D
With some ghosts you couldn’t bear to leave behind
Em G D
But I can hear your voice ring, as you snap another B-string
Em G D
And you finish off the set with only five
Am C
And for a minute there, you’re still alive

[Chorus]
C G D
I was the worse of the two of us
C G D
But Rex’s Blues wasn’t through with us
C G D Am
You were bound for glory and grown to die
C Em G
Oh, but why wasn’t I?
D Em G D
Why wasn’t I?

[Solo]
C C G D
C C G D
G D A Am
C

[Verse 3]
C G D
It’s not up to me to forgive you
C G D
For the nights that your love had to live through
C G D Am C
Now you’ll never need to look me in the eye

[Outro]
C G D
I am the last of the two of us
C G D
But the Fort Worth blues isn’t through with us
C G D Am
You’ve traveled beyond the Great Divide
C Em G
Oh, but why haven’t I?
D Em G D
Why haven’t I?
Em G D
Em G D