June 10 2023

CHORDS: Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Volunteer Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Volunteer chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
F      Dm
F      Dm
[Verse]
F
Daddy worked hard, 
momma worked harder
Dm
Propped up on pain 
pills and pride
F
They were just kids when 
I came in this world
Dm
And I was a kid 
when they died
        F
They'd fight about money
They'd fight about 
fighting
        Dm
They'd fight about 
nothin' at all
     F
The car was still running 
when the deputy found 'em
        Dm     
At the Shell by 
                   C
the Gunbarrel Mall

[Chorus]
C                    Gm
Take me away from heeere
                   Dm 
No, I never belo-onged 
             C
to this plaaace
                     Gm 
Wish I could disappeeear 
off the edge of
           Dm    C
 the ear-earth
 C                   Gm
Take me away from heeere
                      Dm 
No, I don't wanna fiiight
                    C
 for the rest of myyyy life
I ain't your 
          Gm   Dm
volunteeeeer
[Verse]
   F
I cried when
 I missed 'em
Got lost in the system
Dm
Foster homes
 passed me around
     F
The last one was nice
But I ran away twice
          Dm
And they gave up on 
tracking me down

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F
I met a girl, said 
she's from Chattanooga
    Dm
But I think she
 grew up out West
 F
Can't say I love her, 
but she's someone to talk to
       Dm
And I like the tattoo
 on her chest
[Verse]
   F
I found us a spot in
 the KOA campground
     Dm
She says she sleeps
 good in the Scout
       F
But I got in a fight 
with the neighbor last night
             Dm
And they'll probably
 be kicking us out
 F
Some nights I dream 
that I'm in Colorado
Dm
Working a cannabis farm
F
Some nights I dream that
 the ghost of my momma
    Dm             
Is holding me tight 
               C
in her arms
[Chorus]
C                    Gm7
Take me away from heeere
                   Dm 
No, I never belo-onged
             C
 to this plaaace
                     Gm 
Wish I could disappeeear
 off the edge of the 
      Dm         C
ear-earth somedaaay
 C                   Gm
Take me away from heeere
                      Dm 
No, I don't wanna fiiight 
                    C
for the rest of myyyy life
I ain't your
          Gm   Dm
 volunteeeeeeeeeer
[Instrument]
Am  Bb  F   F
Am  Bb  F  
 C   C   C
[Chorus]
 C                   Gm7
Take me away from heeere
                          Dm 
Now she's licking the blaaade
                  C
 of a ten dollar knife
                     Gm  
Wish I could disappeeear
 off the edge of
         Dm    C
 the ear-earth
 C                   Gm
Take me away from heeere
             Dm     
I'm nobody's man and
                 C
 she's nobody's wife
[Outro]
C           
I ain't your 
         Gm   Dm    C
volunteeeeeeeeeer
C            
I ain't your 
        Gm   Dm    C
volunteeeeeeeeeer
C            
I ain't your 
        Gm   Dm
volunteeeeeeeeeer