Artist: | Song: Far From Saints

Artist/Band: Briar Branch Road Tabs
Song: Far From Saints Tab

Far From Saints
Briar Branch Road

Intro: Bm G x 3

Bm
Outside there's a pickup truck
        G
Got the bed cut off for a post rack
Bm
And flat bed four-wheel drives
         G
Line the gravel in the back
Bm               A
Inside there are dusty men
G
Holding beer in calloused hands
Bm                                        G
And an ole blue heeler resting on the floor

Bm G x1

Bm
There ain't been no killings
G
Down at Shorty's bar
Bm
Since Tommy took a hammer to
     G
That boy from Arkansas
Bm                 A          
But sometimes on a rowdy night
G
There might be a short-lived fight
Bm
Over who makes a better diesel
           G
Ford or Dodge

chorus:
Bm                 G
These ole boys are far from saints
D
They're sometimes wrong
    A
But hell who ain't
Bm                G
They just came to relax and drink
D              A
So who am I to judge
Bm                 G
They'll go home to angry wives
D                   G   
Stacks of bills and babies crying
Bm                         A               G
But right now they're just men without a care
Oh yeah.

Bm G x1

Bm                                G
Jerry's tried for years to get on at the paper mill
Bm
But since he threw his back out
            G
You know he probably never will
Bm                      A 
And tomorrow he's gotta go to court
G
He's months behind on child support
Bm                                       G
And that ole judge might give him thirty days

Bm
Billy poached another deer
    G
But last night he was seen
Bm                             G
Someone called it in when they saw his spotlight beam
Bm             A
He kicked up a cloud of dust
G
And just before he made his run
Bm             G
He shot at the game warden again

chorus

Bm
There's a worn out figure
        G
Sitting on a nearby stool
Bm
Needs to save tuition
           G
To put his boy through welding school
Bm                 A
But he just bought another round
G
He's drinking half his paycheck down
Bm                                         G
And someone said they just cut off his phone

Solo Break Chords: Bm G D A x2
                             Bm G D G
                             Bm A G

Bm                 G
These ole boys are far from saints
D                      A
But we've all made our own mistakes
Bm                   G
And I bet they'd buy you a drink
D                      A
If you were down and out
Bm                  G
They don't live the easy life
D                   G
They just come here to unwind
Bm                      A                       G
Sometimes it's all that gets them through the week

Outro: Bm G x 2 then end on Bm

My favorite BBR song, let me know what you think.  You can also capo it on 2 and play these chords Am F C G