Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)
Intro:
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Well I've never been a winner but I
E MajorE A augmentedA
wondered if I wasn't myself
A augmentedA
'Cuz I've always been a sinner, I've never
E MajorE A augmentedA
really felt like my own self
D MajorD A augmentedA
I remember days of infamy
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I remember my friends and they remember me
A augmentedA
I guess I need a vision 'cuz I never really
E MajorE A augmentedA
listen to advice
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Well I guess I need a vision 'cuz I never
E MajorE A augmentedA
really listen to advice
A augmentedA
My father was a preacher
E MajorE A augmentedA
My mother was a diligent wife
D MajorD A augmentedA
I grew up with the choir singin'
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I grew up straight but I raised up swingin'
A augmentedA E MajorE
By my own estimation I'm a drifter
A augmentedA
destination unknown
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
And it's all I can do to stand up
N.C. A augmentedA D MajorD
I'm really tired but I raise my head and I
G+G A augmentedA
step up
Verse 3:
A augmentedA
By my own estimation I'm a drifter
E MajorE A augmentedA
destination unknown
A augmentedA E MajorE
Never lived a life that I'm ashamed to claim
A augmentedA
as my own
D MajorD A augmentedA
Call it sin, call it salvation
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Whichever one it is I know I found elation
A augmentedA
High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun
E MajorE A augmentedA
runnin' from the law
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse 4:
A augmentedA
Well I'm high steppin' honey like a runnin'
E MajorE A augmentedA
gun runnin' from the law
A augmentedA E MajorE
Never been afraid of anyone or anything I
A augmentedA
ever saw
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA fist came up and cracked my smile and a man
G+G D MajorD
went down and now he's sleepin for a while
A augmentedA E MajorE
he's got a dirt bed baby, baby he ain't ever
A augmentedA
gettin' up
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
And it's all I can do to stand up
N.C. A augmentedA D MajorD
I'm really tired but I raise my head and I
G+G A augmentedA
step up, step up
Solo:
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse 5:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Yeah he's gotta dirt bed baby, baby he ain't
A augmentedA
ever gettin' up
A augmentedA
I had a dog named Moses
E MajorE A augmentedA
Moses was a diamond in the rough
D MajorD A augmentedA
For fourteen years he walked my side
D MajorD G+G
Walked this world that's where he lived and
D MajorD
died
A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Meaner than hell but he loved me well indeed
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
Verse 6:
A augmentedA
Well I've never been a winner but I wondered
E MajorE A augmentedA
if I wasn't myself
A augmentedA
'Cuz I've always been a sinner
E MajorE A augmentedA
I never really felt like my own self
D MajorD A augmentedA
Call it sin, call it salvation
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Whichever one it is I know I found elation
A augmentedA
High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun
E MajorE A augmentedA
runnin' from the law, and that's all
Outro:
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA