Chords with lyrics
Capo on 3 if standard tuning. Capo on 4, tuned a half step down is how Andrew Combs plays it.
Verse 1:
C majorC FF C majorC
Lonely as these days are long,
C majorC FF G5G5
As dark as the night bird's song,
A minorAm G5G5 C majorC FF FF
This strange way of living has bled my heart dry.
C majorC G5G5 C majorC
I'm lonesome, but too stoned to cry.
C majorC FF C majorC
My clothes, they're ragged and worn,
C majorC FF G5G5
I'm a sailor who's caught in the worst kind of storm.
A minorAm G5G5 C majorC FF FF
The water keeps rising, but I'm getting by.
C majorC G5G5 C majorC
I keep walking, I'm too stoned to fly.
Chorus:
G5G5 FF C majorC
'cause whisky and wine and pills for the pain,
G5G5 FF C majorC
Fast easy women and little cocaine.
A minorAm G5G5 C majorC FF FF
I'm walking a line between hell bent and high,
C majorC G5G5 C majorC
I ain't happy, just too stoned to cry.
Solo/Break:
FF G5G5 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9 A minorAm
FF G5G5 C majorC G5G5 C majorC
Verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC
Now I'm living from town to town,
C majorC FF G5G5
I've always been lost, I ain't never been found.
A minorAm G5G5 C majorC FF FF
They say Jesus can save me, but that was a lie.
C majorC G5G5 A minorAm
I keep trying, I'm too stoned to die.
C majorC G5G5 C majorC
I keep trying, I'm too stoned to die.
Chorus:
G+G FF C majorC
'cause whisky and wine and pills for the pain,
G5G5 FF C majorC
Fast easy women and little cocaine.
A minorAm G5G5 C majorC FF FF
I'm walking in line between hell bent and high,
C majorC G5G5 A minorAm
I ain't happy, just too stoned to cry,
C majorC G5G5 FF
No, I ain't happy, just too stoned to cry.
Outro: