CHORDS: Turnpike Troubadours – Mean Old Sun Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Mean Old Sun chords by Turnpike Troubadours on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C  Dm  C  Dm

[Verse]
       Dm            Dm
Empty promises I’ve given
        C                 Dm
Hollow heart beats in my chest
           G     
And every word of
           Dm
 sterling silver
               C   G  
Stirred butterfliiiies
                Dm
beneath your breast

[Verse]
         Dm
Still untouched 
by ties a-binding
       C            
Goin’ where the Gulf
         Dm
 breeze blows
            G          
No ring of gold around 
      Dm
your finger
            C     G
No ring of brass run 
              Dm
through my nose

[Chorus]
C                 Dm
Headlong for the wall now honey
 C               Dm
Still coming up like a rose
                   F
Dead still in the garden
 C                    Dm
Waiting for the reveille

     C             Dm 
The dawn is yet to dry
               C    
 the dew from off my
         Dm
Sunday clothes
                          F   
That mean old sun better rise 
                C   
up soon if its ever 
       G     Dm
gonna set on me

[Verse]
          Dm
Hear the song she 
sang in darkness
          C       
Tearful, fair, and
           Dm
 free and fine
            G     
You’re the one she
         Dm
 softly whispers
      C   G          Dm
My canaaaary in the mine
[Chorus]
C                 Dm
Headlong for the wall now honey
 C               Dm
Still coming up like a rose
                   F
Dead still in the garden
 C                    Dm
Waiting for the reveille

     C             Dm 
The dawn is yet to dry
               C    
 the dew from off my
         Dm
Sunday clothes
                          F   
That mean old sun better rise 
                C   
up soon if its ever 
       G     Dm
gonna set on me

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[Instrument]
C Dm C Dm
Dm F C Dm
C Dm C Dm
Dm F  C G 
Dm  C C Dm

[Verse]
        Dm  
I met a man,
                 Dm
 pale gray with wisdom
         C        
Told me faith will 
         Dm
come collect
               G   
Hard tempered steel 
              Dm
bites at my ankles
             C    G   
Soft cotton rove burns
        Dm
 at my neck


[Chorus]
C                 Dm
Headlong for the wall now honey
 C               Dm
Still coming up like a rose
                   F
Dead still in the garden
 C                    Dm
Waiting for the reveille

     C             Dm 
The dawn is yet to dry
               C    
 the dew from off my
         Dm
Sunday clothes
                          F   
That mean old sun better rise 
                C   
up soon if its ever 
       G     Dm
gonna set on me

[Outro]
                          F  
That mean old sun better rise
                 C  
 up soon if its ever
        G     Dm
 gonna set on me