Tabs
Tuning: Standard
(
A minorAm)
e|----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
BB|----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-|
G+G|----2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
D MajorD|----2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
A augmentedA|-0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0------------------|
E MajorE|-----------0-------------------0-------------------0-------------------0--------|
I woke up this mornin...
(
FF)
e|----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-|
BB|----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-|
G+G|----2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
D MajorD|-3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3--------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I went back home...
(
C majorC)
e|----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
BB|----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-----1-(1)-|
G+G|----0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0-----|
D MajorD|----2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2---------2-----|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3--------|
I seen her lying...
(G+G)
e|----3-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-(3)-----3-(3)-|
BB|----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-----0-(0)-|
G+G|----0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0-----|
D MajorD|----0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0---------0-----|
A augmentedA|-----------2-------------------2-------------------2-------------------2--------|
E MajorE|-3-------------------3-------------------3-------------------3------------------|
A minorAm
I woke up this mornin in a ditch again, I swear that womans the devil's kin
FF
I went back home to get my stuff, what I came to find was proof enough
C majorC
I seen her lying with the boy next door, I always knew she was a two bit whore
G+G
...I still loved her
A minorAm
I grabbed my duffel and some stuff from the back, and I went outside to the old spruce shack
FF
grabbed my rifle and some gasoline, I never thought I'd get that mean
C majorC
if she'd only listened to what I said, there'd be no one missin and no one dead
G+G
...and I mean it
CHORUS (faster pace)
A minorAm
my heart is pounding my fists are tight, full moon shinin on the dead of the night
FF
I tried to remember somethin jesus said, the words of the devil rang through instead
C majorC
he said burn that woman dig a hole for the clown, my head is spinnin like a merry go round
G+G
i can't stop it
fiddle solo (same chords)
(back to slow pace)
A minorAm
I done just as the devil said, I done it all without regret
FF
I knew I should be feeling bad, I'll tell you flat out she made me mad
C majorC
I still got her name tattooed across my calf, I think about her while looking back
G+G
and think ...I miss her
A minorAm
now I listen to the words that the good lord says, on church on sunday with my new girlfriend
FF
she don't know about my past, I don't tell she don't ask
C majorC
somehow I've come to understand that the good lord has a master plan
G+G
...and I believe him
CHORUS
fiddle solo
A minorAm
well that's how it went down on that cold october night
FF
you know you cant always judge a person by how they look on the outside
C majorC
everybodies got a story... that could make you weep
G+G
...
