I really love the South Austin Jug Band Song Weather On the Wood from their latest album Dark and Weary World. This weekend I figured it out on the guitar. I was having a hard time finding the lyrics so I had to transpose them myself. I thought I’d share the lyrics and chords.

Its played with a capo on the second fret. The chord progression is something like C - C/B - C/A - G - F - E - F - C - F - C - F - G . It has a finger picking part that is comprized primarily of a C chord. I don’t have the patience or time to properly write out the chords but if you play with these chords you’ll get it pretty easily. The song is very simple which is what I love about it and most other South Austin Jug Band stuff. The lyrics are absolutely beautiful and very relevant for me personally. Here they are:

Weather On The Wood
Carrying around an old guitar that smells like cigarrettes
I can feel the weather on the wood
Feels like she needs new frets
Its still here, where are you?
Does somebody hold you like I used to?

I’m back out on the road time spent so fast
I never know where I am or where I was last
But I feel my way thru the dark and I find my way to you
Does somebody love you like I used to?

Trying to make a bunch of strangers smile thats what I do
It seems to work everywhere with everyone but you
My eyes are heavy my heart is blue
Do you think of me? I dream of you.

Now power lines and highway signs theres open land in view
But all it does is remind me how far I am from you
I’ll be away from home I’m just a traveling man.
Will you wait for me? I’m coming home when I can

My heart beats witht the people I meet Made a friend round every town.
And it seems right when I’m burned out they keep me burning down
The sun is out its getting warmer out here
Its good to see California, its been a long, been a long long year

I’m uprooted in the wind rolling like a wild tumbleweed
I met a friend in Telluride I broke a heart in Tennessee
But I’m so tired, I’m just so tired.