Cm            G      Cm7      F
I paint my lips pillarbox red
Fm                              Cm
It reminds me of the country
             D7               G7
Where I was born and bred
Cm                               G
Roots lie deeper than bones
      Cm7               F
So back in time I go
                    Fm
Through the tobacco smoke veil
         Cm
On the perfumed trail
            D7                    G7
Where only childhood knows

F
I lift my face
G
To feel the rain
Am
Everything's changed
G
Though it seems the same
F
The shallow hugs
G
The muted rage
Am
The weeping skies
G
The shadowless days
Dm             G
I love and I hate this place
C                            F7
I ran away but I couldn't escape

Cm            G      Cm7      F
I paint my lips pillarbox red
Fm                              Cm
It reminds me of the country
             D7               G7
Where I was born and bred
Cm                               G
Roots lie deeper than bones
      Cm7               F
So back in time I go
                    Fm
Through the saloon bar doors
                Cm
Onto the chewing gum floors
             D7                      G7
Where only childhood knows

F
I lift my face
G
To feel the rain
Am
Everything's changed
G
Though it seems the same
F
The sarcasm
G
The bitter remarks
Am
That pierce the chest
G
And wound the heart
F
The shallow hugs
G
The muted rage
Am
The weeping skies
G
The shadowless days
    Dm           G
I love and I hate this place
   C                         F7
I ran away but I couldn't escape

Cm           G      Cm7         F
I paint my lips pillarbox red
Fm                               Cm
It reminds me of the country
           D7                    G7
Where I was born and bred