Chords for Austin City Limits Web Exclusive: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell "Ain't Living Long Like This"
Tempo:
79.7 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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I looked for trouble and I found his son.
Stayed in a barrel of a lawn his gun.
I tried to run but I don't think I can.
You make one movie of a dead [D] man friend.
I ain't living long [G] like this.
[D] I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
[E] He left the handguns on behind my back.
Then left me freezing on the steel rail [D] track.
I got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this.
Could have been used to an awful wayside trial.
Son of a cop, it's a monad dial.
Dad drove a stock car to an early death.
All I remember was a drunk man's grill.
[D] I ain't living long like [Am] this.
[D] [Am] I [A] can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
[E]
Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you to the man downtown.
[D] They got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
[Am] [A] I ain't living long like this.
[Em] I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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[D] I look [C] for angels, sees a roadhouse queen.
[A] Make Jack and Ruby look like sandwich peas.
I want to love her but I don't know how.
Down on the bottom of the jail house now.
[D] I ain't living long like this.
I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
[E] Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you [D] to the man downtown.
They got them all in a jail house.
[Am] Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this.
I can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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I looked for trouble and I found his son.
Stayed in a barrel of a lawn his gun.
I tried to run but I don't think I can.
You make one movie of a dead [D] man friend.
I ain't living long [G] like this.
[D] I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
[E] He left the handguns on behind my back.
Then left me freezing on the steel rail [D] track.
I got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this.
Could have been used to an awful wayside trial.
Son of a cop, it's a monad dial.
Dad drove a stock car to an early death.
All I remember was a drunk man's grill.
[D] I ain't living long like [Am] this.
[D] [Am] I [A] can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
[E]
Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you to the man downtown.
[D] They got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
[Am] [A] I ain't living long like this.
[Em] I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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[Em]
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[D] I look [C] for angels, sees a roadhouse queen.
[A] Make Jack and Ruby look like sandwich peas.
I want to love her but I don't know how.
Down on the bottom of the jail house now.
[D] I ain't living long like this.
I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
[E] Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you [D] to the man downtown.
They got them all in a jail house.
[Am] Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this.
I can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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_ _ _ _ I looked for trouble and I found his son.
Stayed in a barrel of a lawn his gun.
I tried to run but I don't think I can.
You make one movie of a dead [D] man friend.
I ain't living long [G] like this.
[D] _ _ _ I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
_ _ [E] He left the handguns on behind my back.
Then left me freezing on the steel rail [D] track.
I got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this. _ _ _ _
Could have been used to an awful wayside trial.
Son of a cop, it's a monad dial.
Dad drove a stock car to an early death.
All I remember was a drunk man's grill.
[D] I ain't living long like [Am] this.
[D] _ _ [Am] I [A] can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
_ _ [E]
Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you to the man downtown.
[D] They got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
[Am] _ [A] I ain't living long like this.
_ _ [Em] I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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[D] I look [C] for angels, sees a roadhouse queen.
[A] Make Jack and Ruby look like sandwich peas.
I want to love her but I don't know how.
Down on the bottom of the jail house now.
[D] I ain't living long like this. _ _
I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back. _
_ [E] Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you [D] to the man downtown.
They got them all in a jail house.
[Am] Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this. _ _ _
I can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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_ _ _ _ I looked for trouble and I found his son.
Stayed in a barrel of a lawn his gun.
I tried to run but I don't think I can.
You make one movie of a dead [D] man friend.
I ain't living long [G] like this.
[D] _ _ _ I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
_ _ [E] He left the handguns on behind my back.
Then left me freezing on the steel rail [D] track.
I got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this. _ _ _ _
Could have been used to an awful wayside trial.
Son of a cop, it's a monad dial.
Dad drove a stock car to an early death.
All I remember was a drunk man's grill.
[D] I ain't living long like [Am] this.
[D] _ _ [Am] I [A] can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
_ _ [E]
Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you to the man downtown.
[D] They got them all in a jail house.
Payback.
[Am] _ [A] I ain't living long like this.
_ _ [Em] I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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[D] I look [C] for angels, sees a roadhouse queen.
[A] Make Jack and Ruby look like sandwich peas.
I want to love her but I don't know how.
Down on the bottom of the jail house now.
[D] I ain't living long like this. _ _
I can't [A] live at all like this.
I cannot pay back. _
_ [E] Guns on the store, had them with a trowel.
Don't let them take you [D] to the man downtown.
They got them all in a jail house.
[Am] Payback.
I [A] ain't living long like this. _ _ _
I can't live at all like this.
I cannot pay back.
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