Gm
He's looking like a sailor
Who hasn't a ship
     Gm
Same salty song
And curled up lips
         Gm
In the land of the brave
And running out of vain
          Gm
Waiting for a guy, silver-eyed
Like a bullet train
      Gm
Kinda wishes that he wouldn't show up
Cause it's all become a stain
Of the terra cotta mud

[Chorus]
 Gm  Dm       Cm          Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
   Cm         Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up
 Gm  Dm
Lay down
   Cm        Bb
Face and belly in the mud
  Cm       Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up

[Verse 2]
       Gm
He's scratching on a ticket
With chewed up nails
  Gm
Following a rainbow
That's grown too pale
    Gm
Red lights paint the strip in neon blood
     Gm
Gambling on a ride so he raises his thumb
      Gm
Which raised his eyes
But nothing seems to come
   Gm
Thinkin' bout the train
Hauling terra cotta mud

[Chorus]

 Gm  Dm       Cm          Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
   Cm         Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up
 Gm  Dm
Lay down
   Cm        Bb
Face and belly in the mud
  Cm       Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up

[Bridge]
     Gm               Bb
Gotta crawl out of the vacant lot
         F
But the helping hands
       Am
Have all been burned
   Gm           Bb
Cried wolf, a thousand times
        F
Used up every line
     Cm        Dm         Gm
Lady Luck won't turn again

[Instrumental]
Gm  F x2
Gm Dm Cm Bb Cm Bb A Dm

[Chorus]
 Gm  Dm       Cm          Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
   Cm         Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up
 Gm  Dm
Lay down
   Cm        Bb
Face and belly in the mud
  Cm       Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up

 Gm  Dm       Cm          Bb
Way down in the valley of the mud
   Cm         Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up
 Gm  Dm
Lay down
   Cm        Bb
Face and belly in the mud
  Cm       Bb
It opens and closes
    A            Dm
Before you can get back up