The Rain Follows The Plow (CHORDS) by Conor Oberst

[VERSE]~
  G             Em
Straight away I learned to pray

    F             C
He prays upon the sky

          F               C
You go to heaven when you die

              G               F
But keep that lake of fire in mind


[VERSE]
      G                Em
Broke all the rules at Catholic school

      F             Em
Turned to a life of crime

        F              C
When I stole that motorbike

          G               F
I left a trail of tears behind


[BREAK]~
           G
Had casual sex

       C   F
Smoked cigarettes

             G       C
Threw caution to the wind

      Dm        
Was a winding path

       C
That I always plan

       G            F
To get back to you again


[INSTRUMENTAL]~
E  Abm    E  Abm   Dm   F


[VERSE]~
G                     Em
'Till the ground 'neath under clouds

    F                C
The rain follows the plow

           F           C
But it was never as profound

  G                  F
As I had wanted it to be


[VERSE]~
    G                    Em
The birds,.. they sang the rites of spring

   F             C    
In summer's La-Z-Boy

  F             C
I sat down to enjoy a world

       G               F
That's comfortable in green


[BREAK]~
              G          C       F
A red feather hawk and a Celtic cross

             G      C
Are pierced into my ear

  Dm              C
No matter where I went I meant

   G                F
To make my way back here


[INSTRUMENTAL]~
E  Abm    E  Abm   Dm   F


[VERSE]~
       G                 C      F
Well I don't need God or common law

           G           C
To tell me right from wrong

       Dm               C
'Cause when you press me to your chest

  G              F
I know where I belong


[OUTRO]~
C  F  C  G   Am  C  Dm  Em  F  Em  Dm  C