x"Dress_Blues_(live)" 

By:_Jason_Isbell 

from_the_album_"Sirens_of_the_Ditch" 

 
 

Another_one_of_my_favorites_by_Jason_Isbell._This_is_such_a_deep_song_that_has 

lyrics._Every_time_he_plays_it_live_he_makes_sure_to_let_the_audience_know_that_he_wrote_this 

for_his_friend_from_high_school,_Matt_Connolly,who_joined_the_marines_and_was_killed_by_ 

roadside_bomb_in_Iraq. 

 
 

Im_not_exactly_sure_what_the_names_for_each_of_the_chords_used_are_so_I_figured_Id 

write_them_out_here_instead._He_also_plays_a_melody_throughout_the_song_in_between_the 

and_verse_so_I_put_a_few_little_variations_of_that_at_the_bottom. 

 
 

Chords_Used: 

 
 

G:____3x0033 

Em/G:_02x033 

C/G:__x3x033 

D:____xx0232 

F#/G:_2x0033 

Bm:___x24432 

C/G2:_x32013 

Cm:___x31003 

 
 

Intro: 

 
 

G__Em/G__G__Em/G 

 
 

Verse: 

 
 

G__________________________Em/G 

What_can_you_see_from_your_window? 

G_________________________Em/G 

I_cant_see_anything_from_mine. 

G________________________Em/G 

Flags_on_the_side_of_the_highway 

____C/G________________________G______D 

and_scripture_on_grocery_store_signs. 

G______________________Em/G 

Maybe_eighteen_was_too_early. 

G________________________Em/G 

Maybe_thirty_or_forty_is_too. 

G_______________________________Em/G 

Did_you_get_your_chance_to_make_peace_with_the_man 

__________C/G______________________G 

before_he_sent_down_his_angels_for_you? 

 
 

Chorus: 

 
 

Em/G______F#/G____________G 

Mamas_and_grandmamas_love_you 

_____Em/G_____________F#/G_________G__F#/G 

cause_thats_all_they_know_how_to_do. 

Em/G_____________________Bm 

You_never_planned_on_the_bombs_in_the_sand 

___C/G2________Cm_________G 

or_sleeping_in_your_dress_blues. 

 
 

 
 

--_Alright_now_Im_going_to_show_you_a_few_variations_on_the_bridge_he_plays..._play_all 

these_kind_of_loosely_(except_the_album_version) 

 
 

Bridge_Variation_1: 

 
 

e|-3--------------------3-----------------------------------------| 

B|-3--------------------3-----------------------------------------| 

G|-0-------0---0--0-----0-----------------------------------------| 

A|-0--0----0---2--0--0--x-----------------------------------------| 

D|-x--0h2------3-----3--2-----------------------------------------| 

E|-3--------------------0-----------------------------------------| 

 
 

Bridge_Variation_2: 

 
 

e|--------------------------------------3-------------------------| 

B|--------------------------------------3-------------------------| 

G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0--0-------------------------| 

A|-------------------2-----0------------x-------------------------| 

D|-------0-----2------------------3-----2-------------------------| 

E|-3------------------------------------0-------------------------| 

 
 

Album_Version_(not_played_by_guitar): 

 
 

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

G|-----------------0--0~-------------------------------------------| 

A|-----------0--4--------------------------------------------------| 

D|-----0--2--------------------------------------------------------| 

E|--3--------------------------------------------------------------| 

 
 

-The_Verse,_Chorus,_and_Bridge_are_all_the_same_for_the_rest_of_the_song. 

 
 

Verse: 

 
 

Your_wife_said_this_all_would_be_funny 

when_you_came_back_home_in_a_week. 

Youd_turn_twenty-two_and_wed_celebrate_you 

in_a_bar_or_a_tent_by_the_creek. 

Your_baby_would_just_about_be_here. 

Your_very_last_tour_would_be_up 

but_you_wont_be_back._Theyre_all_dressing_in_black 

drinking_sweet_tea_in_styrofoam_cups. 

 
 

Chorus: 

 
 

Mamas_and_grandmamas_love_you. 

American_boys_hate_to_lose. 

You_never_planned_on_the_bombs_in_the_sand 

or_sleeping_in_your_dress_blues. 

 
 

Bridge 

 
 

Verse 

 
 

Now_the_high_school_gymnasiums_ready, 

full_of_flowers_and_old_legionnaires. 

Nobody_showed_up_to_protest, 

just_sniffle_and_stare. 

But_theres_red,_white,_and_blue_in_the_rafters 

and_theres_silent_old_men_from_the_corps. 

What_did_they_say_when_they_shipped_you_away 

to_fight_somebodys_Hollywood_war? 

 
 

Chorus 

 
 

Nobody_here_could_forget_you. 

You_showed_us_what_we_had_to_lose. 

You_never_planned_on_the_bombs_in_the_sand 

or_sleeping_in_your_dress_blues. 

 
 

Tabbed_by:_Wyatt_Floyd 

 
 


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