Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (EÂ AÂ DÂ GÂ BÂ E)
🎸 Intro:
G+G
A minorAm C majorC G+G x2
🎸 Verse 1:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I've got greens and I've got blues
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Every day there’s a little less difference between the two
A minorAm C majorC G+G
I belly up and I disappear
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Well I ain’t really drowning cause you see the beach from here
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
I could take a greyhound home
A minorAm
when I got there it’d be gone
C majorC G+G
along with everything that home is made up of
A minorAm
So I’ll take two of what you're having
C majorC
and I’ll take all of what you got
G+G
to kill this goddamn lonely
D MajorD G+G
goddamn lonely love
🎸 Interlude:
A minorAm C majorC G+G x2
🎸 Verse 2:
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Sister listen to what your daddy says
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Don’t be ashamed of things that hide behind your dress
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Belly up and arch your back
A minorAm C majorC G+G
Well I ain’t really fallin asleep I’m fadin to black
🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD
You could come to me by plane
A minorAm
but that wouldn’t be the same
C majorC G+G
as that old motel room in Texarkana was
A minorAm
So I’ll take two of what you're having
C majorC
and I’ll take all of what you got
G+G
to kill this goddamn lonely
D MajorD G+G
goddamn lonely love
🎸 Interlude:
A minorAm C majorC G+G x2
🎸 Bridge:
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Stop me if you've heard this one before
D MajorD
A augmentedA man walks into a bar
A minorAm C majorC G+G
And leaves before his ashes hit the floor
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Stop me if you've heard this one before
D MajorD
A augmentedA man walks into a bar
A minorAm C majorC G+G
And leaves before his ashes hit the floor
E minorEm C majorC G+G
Stop me if I ever get that far
D MajorD
the sun's a desperate star
A minorAm C majorC
that burns like every single one before
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD
I could find another dream
A minorAm
one that keeps me warm and clean
C majorC G+G
but I aint dreamin any more girl I’m waking up
A minorAm
So I’ll take two of what you're having
C majorC
and I’ll take everything you got
G+G
to kill this goddamn lonely
D MajorD G+G
goddamn lonely love
A minorAm C majorC G+G
All I got is this goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love
A minorAm C majorC G+G
All I got is this goddamn lonely, goddamn lonely love
Tab: (Excludes strumming)
G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
e|-3-------------------------------------|
BB|-3-----0h1p0-------1-------------------|
G+G|-0-----------2--0--2-------0----0----0-|
D MajorD|-0-----------------0h2-----0h2--2p0--0-|
A augmentedA|-2-----------------0-----2-3----3----2-|
E MajorE|-3-----------------------------------3-|
Used in intro/interlude, A minorAm and C majorC section is used everywhere else as well