Older N Wizer Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: C Difficulty: Advanced OLDER N' WIZER transcription and chart Peter Kruger casparus60@yahoo.com Capo first fret to play along with rrecording ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ C F C7 C F C7 C F C7 C F C7 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ C F C7 C F C7 C F C7 D7/A Fm6/Ab C

C F C7 Mmm once I was a gamblin man C7 F Eb Bb/F C But now my gamblin days are C F C7 C F C7 done C7 F C7 Mmmm once I was one lovesick cowboy F C Ab Bb Might say I've hol stered my C F C7 C F C7 gun C7 And the world is a whole lot safer D7 Since I walk the line Fadd9/G Bb6/9 B6/9 In me you see a penitent C6 F C7 C F C7 man F C No you won't catch me in no cathouse D7 G D7 Dancin 'in the buff with a bottle of moonshine Fadd9/G Bb6/9 B6/9 Leastways that's the C6 F C7 C F C7 plan F9 F9 Bb F Because I'm older and wizer F9 Bb F9 I ain't the fool I used to C F C7 C F C7 be F7 F9 Bb F And the way things are shapin Eb Bb/D F7 They're gonna make a saint out of C F C7 C F C7 me F9 Ab7+9 F Bb No more tearin up the highway Ab7+9 G7+9 Stoned out of my C F C7 C F C7 head out of my head G7 G C G7 So near I am to a righteous man Ab9 Ab7 A+5 Ab7 So straight and narrow and spic and span C9-5 B9-5 Bb9-5 Dm7/G That the next best thing is dead C F C7 C F C7 C Dm7 C/E G7 dead whoa the next best thing is C F C7 dead C7 Bb C7 Once i was thrown in a county jail Bb C7 Bb C7 I gave it up to the Lord a bove Uh huh Bb C7 Bb C When some big bad dude of six feet eight Bb C7 Bb C7 Got hell bent on brother ly love uh huh brotherly love D7/C So I hawked the Mustang Shelby D7 C/E D7/F# And a backseat full of bongs Fadd9/G Bb6/9 B6/9 Sweet Jesus, I have been re- C6 F C7 C F C7 deemed yeh C7 F C7 Sure you might catch me in some juke joint D7 C/E D7/F# Raisin cane till the crack of dawn F/A Bb6/9 B6/9 But on ly in my C F C7 C F C7 dreams F9 F9 Bb F9 Because I'm older and wizer Bb F9 I ain't the fool I used to C F C7 C F C7 be uh huh F7 F7 Bb F9 And now the way things are shapin Eb Bb/D They're gonna make a saint out of C F C7 C F C7 me F9 F Eb No more tearin up the highway Ab7+9 G7+9 Stoned out of my C7 F C7 C F C7 head out of mt head G9 G7 C G7 So near I am to a righteous man Ab7 Ab7 A+5 Ab7 Just a hoop and a holler from the Promised land C B+5 Bb+5 G7 That the next best thing is C F C7 C F C7 dead C Dm7 C/G G7 C F7/A Ab7 C7 OH ya, the next best thing is dea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ea-ead.