Difficulty
Intermediate πͺ
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Key: E
Verse 1:
E
Ten hours on a building site
Ten pints will put you right
Work your fingers to the bone
B
Still the food is on the table when you get home
Verse 2:
E
You've got all you could want from life
But no thought for what you call your "nagging wife"
You see, your actions, I can't condone
B
I saw the tears in your eyes when she was gone
Pre-Chorus:
A B
Cry your eyes out, mug
E A
Cos you reap what you sow
A B
How you can choose to live like this
E A
Is what I'd like to know
Chorus:
C#m E
Sitting there with your head in your hands
A B
And you wonder where it went wrong
C#m E
After all the shit that you put her through
A B
You wonder why she's gone?
Instrumental:
C#m A | B | B |
Verse 3:
E
Better stay out, cause your anger is prone
To start another situation when you get home
Your kids are no better, stepping out of line
B
You think it felt better when you were doing time
Verse 4:
E
What you need is to have a long hard think
About what lead you to this shit
You can't blame the kids, you can't blame the drink
B
It's your own fucking nature, that's the missing link
Pre-Chorus:
A B
Cry your eyes out, mug
E A
Cos you reap what you sow
A B
How you can choose to live like this
E A
Is what I'd like to know
Chorus:
C#m E
Sitting there with your head in your hands
A B
And you wonder where it went wrong
C#m E
After all the shit that you put her through
A B
You wonder why she's gone?
Instrumental:
E | E | E | E |
E | E | E | E |
E | E | E | E |
E | E | E | E |
Pre-Chorus:
A B
Cry your eyes out, mug
E A
Cos you reap what you sow
A B
How you can choose to live like this
E A
Is what I'd like to know
Chorus:
C#m E
Sitting there with your head in your hands
A B
And you wonder where it went wrong
C#m E
After all the shit that you put her through
A B
You wonder why she's gone?
Outro:
C#m A | B | E |
Song History
Published: May 18, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025