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Verse 1:
A
Since I was born I've heard the voice of the father
Bm7
Goes in the one ear, on out the other
D
Hit me baby, show me the floor
C Bm7
I was Cassidy's gun and she was his daughter
A
And I was the country
When we were young
Bm7
And I was water
I was rum
D
I don't let her round the thompson no more for
C D
She wanna go back to that sky-high mother
A
I'm back in Trastevere dancing the seven hills
Bm7
Cutting my brother's neck, grabbing the dollar bills
D
The day the cowboy cried and I gav? up on love
C Bm7
And you gave up on light, and so began my s cond life
A
And honey I'm leaving everything behind
Bm7
Caesar's old roads are gettin out of my mind
D
Now I'm burning up the night
C Bm7
Rolling up the pieces of myβ
C#m D
Rolling up the pieces of my life
Breakdown:
G F#m Bm7 A
Used to tear 'em up Woo-oh-oh-oh)
G F#m Bm7 A
I used to cut it down Woo-oh-oh-oh)
G F#m Bm7 A
Double it back I'm turning around
G F#m D
Oh
I'm goin' home
Chorus:
A Bm7 C A/C#
It ain't easy livin' on my own
D A
A cowboy with a one track mind)
A Bm7 C A/C#
It ain't easy livin' all alone
D A
He drank a cup of the devil's moonshine)
A G A/C# F Em
And I saw the dead come ali--ve
G D A
Allulah no anna see ray yah)
E F F#m
What I saw could make a dead man cry
G F#m D
I'm goin' home
Post-Chorus:
A Bm7 D C D
Losing love, my baby's leaving town
A Bm7
Said my honey's flying high above
D C Bm7
And never coming down
A Bm7
Oh, and I'm sorry for my stealing hands
D C D
The way they take it all
A Bm7
Oh-hi-oh dee rama no lie
D C
I was hypnotized by the great wall
D
You know, you know, you know, you know
Verse 2:
G F#m Bm7 A
I used to cut em up
G F#m Bm7 A
I used to tear it down
G F#m Bm7 A G F#m D
I coulda been the king of this town but I'm going home
Chorus:
A Bm7 C A/C#
It ain't easy livin' on my own
D A
A cowboy with a one track mind)
A Bm7 C A/C#
It ain't easy livin' all alone
D A
He drank a cup of the devil's moonshine)
A G A/C# F Em
And I saw the dead come ali--ve
G D A
Allulah no anna see ray yah)
E F F#m
What I saw could make a dead man cry
G F#m D
I'm goin' home
Instrumental Break:
A
A D C D
A D C D
A D C D
A D C D A
Other versions of this song
- 3d Country (Bass)
Song History
Published: March 27, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025