Sober chords by Jamey Johnson

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

C    C    F#m7    F#m7    C    C#7    C    C


Verse:
           C
I've been mad

I've been drunk
                                       F#m7
I've been so high I can't tell up from down

     C7
But lately I've been working
    C#7                                C         C
On trying to get my feet back on the ground

Verse:
         C
It ain't easy on the wagon
                                         F#m7
Hell I lost more of my mind than I have found

           C7
All these drinking songs we're playing
         C#7                         C     C7
Make it hard staying sober in this town


Verse:
            C
I'd take a paycheck and I'd turn it
                                              F#m7
To a sack of weed and I'd burn it straight to hell

     C7
I'd drink a beer joint dry
              C#7                         C        C
And then the next day I'm right back at the well

        C
If the body is a temple
                                             F#m7
I worked hard to keep the steeple spinning 'round

         C7
Then one day I heard the preacher say
           C#7                         C       C
Lord it's hard staying sober in this town


Instrumental/Solo:
C    C    F#m7    F#m7    C7    C#7    C    C
C    C    F#m7    F#m7    C7    C#7    C    C


Verse:
        C
Lord I pray for the courage
                                    F#m7
To greet the hardened faces with a smile

            C7
They don't notice any difference
           C#7                            C              C
But then again I guess forgiveness just takes a while

              C
Would you believe He'd give a sinner

Like me amazing grace
     F#m7
How sweet that sound

               C7
But it's been hell crossing over
         C#7                         C     C
It's so hard staying sober in this town



Outro:
         Gm7
And the hardest part ain't over
         F#
It's so hard staying sober
         C
In this town