Biography:
Ruston Kelly is an American singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. He was married to Kacey Musgraves from 2017 to 2020.
Kelly writes and performs the kinds of songs that inspire novels and movies. You could call him a bastard disciple of Kurt Cobain and Townes Van Zandt, and he’d be totally cool with that. He’s just as comfortable wearing a cowboy hat as he is in a Slayer t-shirt. His story so far twists and turns through heartbreak and triumph
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[Intro]
|Bsus4 E |E B
[Verse]
B E
You can walk, walk to Bethesda
E B
There’s no house on Mercy Street
B E/A B
You might get lost in the company of angels
E/A G#m B
Ignoring the stones tied around your feet
[Pre Chorus]
E/A
Yeah you got to try for something
B
Bend your knee and fight for something
C#m
Learn how to die for something
B E/A B
So you ain't living life for nothing, no
[Chorus]
E/A E
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
G#m E
Souls are never made to fail
B E/A E
I raised Jericho around me
C#m B |E |A E |A E |B
But these walls were built to scale
[Verse]
E E/A E
I framed a fortress ‘round my heart
E/A E B
Carved her name in the old front door
E E/A E
So she would know love still stands
E/A E B
Here forever even when she’s gone
[Pre Chorus]
E/A
Love can be a heat wave
B
Love can be a cold rain
C#m
Shadows that play
G#m E/A B
On the walls of your room
[Chorus]
E/A E
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
G#m E
Souls are never made to fail
B E/A E
I raised Jericho around me
G#m B |E |A E |A E |B
But these walls were built to scale
[Solo]
|E |A E |A E |B
|E |A E |A E |B
[Pre Chorus]
E/A
Yeah you got to try for something
B
Bend your knee and fight for something
C#m
Learn how to die for something
B E/A B
So you ain't living life for nothing, no
[Chorus]
E/A E
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
G#m E
Souls are never made to fail
B E/A E
I raised Jericho around me
C#m B
But these walls were built to scale
[Outro]
C#m B E
These walls were built to scale
C#m B E
These walls were built to scale
|Bsus4 E |E B
[Verse]
B E
You can walk, walk to Bethesda
E B
There’s no house on Mercy Street
B E/A B
You might get lost in the company of angels
E/A G#m B
Ignoring the stones tied around your feet
[Pre Chorus]
E/A
Yeah you got to try for something
B
Bend your knee and fight for something
C#m
Learn how to die for something
B E/A B
So you ain't living life for nothing, no
[Chorus]
E/A E
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
G#m E
Souls are never made to fail
B E/A E
I raised Jericho around me
C#m B |E |A E |A E |B
But these walls were built to scale
[Verse]
E E/A E
I framed a fortress ‘round my heart
E/A E B
Carved her name in the old front door
E E/A E
So she would know love still stands
E/A E B
Here forever even when she’s gone
[Pre Chorus]
E/A
Love can be a heat wave
B
Love can be a cold rain
C#m
Shadows that play
G#m E/A B
On the walls of your room
[Chorus]
E/A E
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
G#m E
Souls are never made to fail
B E/A E
I raised Jericho around me
G#m B |E |A E |A E |B
But these walls were built to scale
[Solo]
|E |A E |A E |B
|E |A E |A E |B
[Pre Chorus]
E/A
Yeah you got to try for something
B
Bend your knee and fight for something
C#m
Learn how to die for something
B E/A B
So you ain't living life for nothing, no
[Chorus]
E/A E
Rivers weren’t made for drowning
G#m E
Souls are never made to fail
B E/A E
I raised Jericho around me
C#m B
But these walls were built to scale
[Outro]
C#m B E
These walls were built to scale
C#m B E
These walls were built to scale
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