Old Jerome chords

CAPO: 4th Fret

[INTRO C]

Drinking early morning coffee
[F]Talking with good friends
And [C]walking the streets of rough-cut [G7]stone
She was [C]once a miner's city
Now the g[F]host of a dying town, but there's a [C]fire
Burning [G7]bright in old Je[C]rome

[Am]Some have come for fortune, [Em]some have come for love
And [F]some have come for the [C]things they cannot [G7]see
Now the [C]grass is green and growing
Where the [F]gardens once had died and the [C]birds sing
In the [G7]young Ailanthus [C]trees [G7] [C]

And they say that once you live here
You'll [F]never really go
'Cause she'll [C]have a hold on you until you [G7]die
With her [C]ground moving crazy
Her [F]fierce wind blowing free and her [C]ruins
Standing [G7]proud against the [C]sky

[Am]Houses cling to mountains like [Em]miners cling to dreams
They hold [F]on so long and [C]then they just let [G7]go
And this [C]mountain she's your mistress
You'll [F]ride her 'til you fall and wash [C]down
To the [G7]valley far be[C]low

[CHORUS]
There are [Am]stories they tell on Cleo[F]patra
There are [C]stories that never can be [G7]told
The [Am]wind and the [F]rain sing their [C]mountain lulla[Am]by
The [G]copper shines like [G7]Arizona [C]gold

INTERLUDE: [Am] [F] [C] [G7] [C]

And her walls stand strong and silent
Staring [F]out with empty eyes
Like [C]beggars blind and lame that do no [G7]harm
With their [C]empty rooms that hold
The [F]old town's memories and their [C]doorways
That reach [G7]out like empty [C]arms

In the [Am]streets the children play, climbing [Em]up the crooked stairs
And [F]lovers touch and [C]turn to go back [G7]home
And the [C]sounds of hammers echo
In the [F]once forgotten halls and [C]hope stirs
In the [G7]heart of old Je[C]rome

[CHORUS]
The [Am]moon shines bright on Cleo[F]patra
Where the [C]mines lie sleeping far be[G7]low
The [Am]wind and the [F]rain sing their [C]mountain lulla[Am]by
The [G]copper shines like [G7]Arizona [C]gold