Pill chords by Elvie Shane

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

G C Em Em7

Verse 1:
C             G                                              G/B                C
Well, you got just enough money for a little white Bic and a pack of dirty bird lights
G                                        Em7
The rest of what mama sent you went to a forty-five-minute high
C         G                                                G/B    C
Always runnin' around up and down town, but you never stop by the house
G                             Em7                           C
Rollin' up dollars, livin' on dimes, bouncin' from couch to couch

Pre-Chorus:
Em              G G/B
Wakin' up needin'
C

Chasin' that feelin'

Chorus:
G
The porch light's on, the door's unlocked
            C
You could go on home 'fore it gets too dark
Em7
Your mama's been worried plum sick about you
C
Daddy don't know how to live without you
G
How long you gonna go on this way?
C
Losing you the more you take
      Em                 D                       G  C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
C     Em           D              C       G
Don't leave us all here with that pill to swallow

Interlude:
G/B C G G/B

Verse 2:
C                        G                                  G/B            C
Girl, you spend a lot of time in the passenger side of your own red Cavalier
G                                                   G/B                C
Feelin' like hell, can't look at yourself any more in the flip-down mirror
G                                         G/B          C
Most of your friends done ran off to make something of themselves
        G                                                        G/B         C
But you hung around here runnin' 'round with him and turned into somebody else

Pre-Chorus:
Em                     D        G G/B
Orange bottle with the white cap
C
Even though you know that

Chorus:
G
The porch light's on, the door's unlocked
            C
You could go on home 'fore it gets too dark
Em7
Your mama's been worried plum sick about you
C
Daddy don't know how to live without you
G
How long you gonna go on this way?
C
Losing you the more you take
      Em                 D                       G  C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
C     Em           D              C       G
Don't leave us all here with that pill to swallow

Interlude:
G/B C G G/B C G

Pre-Chorus:
Em              G G/B
Wakin' up needin'
C
Chasin' that feelin'

Chorus:
G
The porch light's on, the door's unlocked
            C
You could go on home 'fore it gets too dark
Em7
Your mama's been worried plum sick about you
C
Daddy don't know how to live without you
G
How long you gonna go on this way?
C
Losing you the more you take
      Em                 D                       G  C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
      Em                 D                       G  C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
C     Em           D              C
Don't leave us all here with that pill
   G
to swallow