Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC C minorCm G+G E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Verse 1:
G+G C minorCm G+G
Walkin' down Fourth Street on a cold Sunday
G+G
I outta be in church
A7A7 D MajorD
but I've forgotten how to pray
G+G
The church folks that walk by me
C minorCm G+G
all have pity in their eyes
G+G
'Cause they can see with a drunk like me
D7D7 G+G G7G7
it's just slow suicide
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
But lately I do more dyin' than livin'
D MajorD D7D7 G+G G7G7
Day-by-day as time falls by
C majorC C minorCm G+G
I'm livin' on wasted time
E MajorE
and livin' a wasted life
A minorAm D7D7 G+G G7G7
I'm dyin' a slow suicide
Solo:
C majorC C minorCm G+G E MajorE A minorAm D7D7 G+G D MajorD
Verse 2:
G+G
Momma and Papa told me
C minorCm G+G
I outta come home to the farm
G+G
Quit livin' with that she-devil
A7A7 D MajorD
and puttin' poison in my arms
G+G
But Broken Bow, Nebraska
C minorCm G+G
ain't got no neon signs
G+G
I need some speed and some Jim Beam
D7D7 G+G G7G7
there ain't a honkytonk in sight
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
But lately I do more dyin' than livin'
D MajorD D7D7 G+G G7G7
Day-by-day as time falls by
C majorC C minorCm G+G
I'm livin' on wasted time
E MajorE
and livin' a wasted life
A minorAm D7D7 G+G G7G7
I'm dyin' a slow suicide
Outro:
C majorC C minorCm G+G
I'm livin' on wasted time
E MajorE
and livin' a wasted life
A minorAm D7D7 G+G
I'm dyin' a slow suicide