Jason Isbell - Children Of Children Tabs

Intro & Verse chords

   D Dsus2    Am            Em             D5
e|-2---0--|---------------|------------|----------------------------------------|
B|-3---3--|--0h1-1-0-----0|----1-0-----|--0h3-3-3-3-----------------------------|
G|-2---2--|--0h2-----2-0--|0-0-----2-0-|--0h2-2-4-2-----------------------------|
D|-0---0--|--0h2----------|0h2---------|--0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
A|--------|--0-0----------|0h2---------|----------------------------------------|
E|--------|---------------|0-0---------|----------------------------------------|

D                      Dsus2
Pictures of the farm before us
Am
Old men in a gospel chorus
Em                      D5 
Sepia and saddle horses Easy on the reins


D           Dsus2
'81 a motor and your
Am
Mama's 17 again
Em                                    D5
She's squinting at the dusty wind the anger of the plains


         
e|---2--/-0-|--3-3-x-3---|-5-5-x-3---|--0-0-x-2---|--------------------------|
B|---3--/-6-|--5-5-x-5---|-5-5-x-5---|--1-1-x-3---|--------------------------|
G|---2--/-5-|--5-5-x-4---|-5-5-x-4---|--2-2-x-2---|--------------------------|
D|---0--/-0-|--0-0-x-0---|-0-0-x-0---|--0-0-x-0---|--------------------------|
A|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|
E|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|

D                     Dsus2
You and I were almost nothing
Am
Pray to God that God was bluffing
Em                     D5
17 ain't old enough to reason with the pain


D                       Dsus2
How could we expect the two to 
Am
stay in love when neither knew the 
Em                                D5
meaning of the difference between sacred and profane


Chorus Chords

    C9          G          D      Dsus4     Dsus2       A7       G/B
e|---3-----|----3-----|----2----|---3-----|---0----|----3----|----3----------|
B|---3-----|----3-----|----3----|---3-----|---3----|----3----|----3----------|
G|---0-----|----0-----|----2----|---2-----|---2----|----0----|----0----------|
D|---2-----|----0-----|----0----|---0-----|---0----|----2----|----x----------|
A|---3-----|----2-----|---------|---------|--------|----0----|----2----------|
E|---------|----3-----|---------|---------|--------|---------|---------------|

C9                 G
I was riding on my mother's hip
                              D  Dsus4  Dsus2  D
She was shorter than the corn
C9              G
All the years I took from her
              A7       G/B  C9
Just by being born



e|---2--/-0-|--3-3-x-3---|-5-5-x-3---|--0-0-x-2---|--------------------------| x2
B|---3--/-6-|--5-5-x-5---|-5-5-x-5---|--1-1-x-3---|--------------------------|
G|---2--/-5-|--5-5-x-4---|-5-5-x-4---|--2-2-x-2---|--------------------------|
D|---0--/-0-|--0-0-x-0---|-0-0-x-0---|--0-0-x-0---|--------------------------|
A|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|
E|----------|------------|-----------|------------|--------------------------|


D                       Dsus2 
Didn't mean to break the cycle
Am
At 17 I went by Michael
Em                          D5
No one ever called me by my own name anyway
D                     Dsus2
Five full generations living
Am                            Em                
All these expectations giving way to one
               D5
Late to have a baby on the way


Chorus 

C9                      G
You were riding on your mother's hip
                              D  Dsus4  Dsus2  D   
She was shorter than the corn
C9                G
All the years you took from her
              A7      G/B  C9
Just by being born