Chords with lyrics
- Capo on 3rd
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: 
Bb majorBb
🎸 Intro:
G+G
🎸 Verse :
G+G
Only time I see my friends
C majorC
Is on the posters in the bar room wall
G+G
Only time I hear their voice
C majorC
Is in a drunken late-night hotel call
G+G
See you're out in Houston
C majorC
I'm giggin' in L.A.
G+G
Maybe we'll cross paths
D MajorD G+G
One of these days
🎸 Verse :
G+G
This business breaks your heart
C majorC
It's a big old mean machine
G+G
It'll grind your bones to make your bread
C majorC
And then piss all over your dreams
G+G
That ain't why we do this
C majorC
If it was we wouldn't last long
G+G D MajorD G+G
No, we're all hooked on the power of a song
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
May our beds be soft
G+G
Coffee strong and hot
C majorC
May the angels of the blacktop
G+G D MajorD
Keep our souls from getting lost
G+G
If there's a patron saint of troubadours
C majorC
On the road from here to there
G+G
Watch over us
D MajorD G+G
That's my three-chord poet's prayer
🎸 Instrumental:
B minorBm G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD
🎸 Verse :
G+G
It's gonna be some real hard nights
C majorC
And some holes in the wall
G+G
The next night you'll be on top of the world
C majorC
The next morning you might fall
G+G
Things we miss back home
C majorC
Are never lost on me
G+G D MajorD G+G
Kids growing up, funerals, anniversaries
🎸 Bridge:
E minorEm
I didn't choose this life
C majorC
This travelin' life chose me
G+G
I was born to be a gypsy
D MajorD
So that's what I'll always be
G+G
Have a good next show
C majorC
Keep it between the lines
G+G D MajorD G+G
Know you're always in my heart and on my mind
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
May our beds be soft
G+G
Coffee strong and hot
C majorC
May the angels of the blacktop
G+G D MajorD
Keep our souls from getting lost
G+G
If there's a patron saint of troubadours
C majorC
On the road from here to there
G+G
Watch over us
D MajorD G+G
That's my three-chord poet's prayer
Watch over my friends
D MajorD G+G
That's my three-chord poet's prayer
