Tyler Childers - Snipe hunt

^DI flung the door open and let the heat rise ^GTo heat up the world because I thought it was mine ^DAnd all the while all my plans froze inside ^ABecause there’s only so ^A/Bmuch to go roun^Dd ^DAnd it took me some tries and a whole lot of kindlin’ ^Gwhen the lesson arrived it only took me a minute ^Dto learn there’s some things better off freezing ^AI can tell you a ^A/Bfew that I’ve fo^Dund

^GHate is a thing that could poison your veins ^DAnd get in your eyes when you’re sweatin’ on stage ^AShiftin’ around 4 o’clock on the wall ^Gtells you its almost ove^Dr ^{D7 G}Bands that keep rollin’ and times for the birds ^DThat chirp in your ears all the rumors they heard ^AFlying above all the good in this world ^GShittin’ on c^Aattle n’ c^Dlover

^DNow when I was a young boy I thought I could track ^GAnd an old timer sat down and wrenched me a sack ^DAnd he told me all of the knowledge I lacked ^Aon an ordinary old t^A/Bhing called a ^Dsnipe ^DHe picked me up on a Friday and he dropped me in Charlie ^GTold me when he’d be back and went off to party ^DAnd I sat on the hill like a Jeremiah Johnson ^AAnd I froze my dumb ^A/Bass off all n^Dight

^DAnd that’s the way that I feel when I look at our past ^GAnd the handshakes you gave me if your calling them that ^DAnd the snickers you tried to pass off as laughs ^AAnd the way your eyes n^A/Bever met mi^Dne ^D7

^GParanoia’s a thing that you’re makin’ when sleep ^DAin’t a thing you recall ain’t a habit you keep ^AOne old boy’s nightmare is another fools dream ^GIt’s all in the way that you hold h^Der ^{D7 G}Hotels are lonely I reckon I’d know ^DI’ve spent many nights in between shows ^AWatching as paint dries on the wall ^Gall the boogers that’re ^Ajust painted ov^Der

^DLife reminds me of a card game you played as a kid ^GWhere you laid down the deck til you got to the end ^DEarly on there’s a joker got lost ‘neath the fridge ^AOver time all the q^A/Bueens moved in with h^Dim ^DAnd I’d say the boy had him an absolute ball ^GBut he ruined the card game for all us involved ^DAnd I let it eat at me like kudzu in Georgia ^AI hope it don’t ^A/Bdo that ag^Dain