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"Cover Me Up" is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Jason Isbell[Verse]D G DA heart on the run, keeps a hand on the gun, it can’t trust anyoneD G DI was so sure, what I needed was more, tried to shoot out the sunBm G DIn days when we raged, we flew off the page, such damage was doneD G DBut I made it through, ‘cause somebody knew, I was meant for someone[Chorus]D G DSo girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this roomD G DTill someone needs medical help or the magnolias bloomEm G BmIt’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop woodD G DSo cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good[Verse]D G DPut your faith to the test, when I tore off your dress, in Richmond-on-highD G DI sobered up, and I swore off that stuff, forever this timeBm G DAnd the old lovers’ say, I thought it’d be me, who helped him get homeD G DBut home was a dream, one I’d never seen, ‘til you came along[Chorus]D G DSo girl hang your dress up to dry, we ain’t leavin’ this roomD G DTil the Percy Priest breaks open wide and the river runs through*Em G BmCarries this house on the stones like a piece of driftwoodD G DCover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good[Interlude]D G D x2[Chorus]D G DSo girl leave your boots by the bed we ain’t leavin’ this roomD G DTil someone needs medical help or the magnolia’s bloomEm G BmIt’s cold in this house and I ain’t goin’ out to chop woodD G DSo cover me up and know you’re enough to use me for good[Outro]D G DCover me up and know you’re enough to use me for goodD G DD
