Back To The Wall Chords by Steve Earle

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_ Sometimes in the evening I start to get that feeling like I'm empty _ inside. _ _
_ I know I'm doing good now, but tonight I'm headed downtown, down by the _ riverside. _
I sit underneath the freeway with an old friend from the old days and a bottle of wine. _ _
_ He used to call me big time, said he knew someday light would shine, said he'd send me all the signs.
He said keep yourself to yourself, _ _ keep [D] your [A] bedroll dry, _ _ boy you never can tell _ _ when [D] the [A] shadows hide. _
I see you a lot on the ground, _ _ bigger [D] than [A] whatever you find. _ _
You ain't got [E] no place to [A] fall, _ _ [E] _
and your back's [A] a far. _ _ _
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_ He's getting older, I'm sure, so I ask him how it's going, he says I've been better I guess. _
_ _ I've been rained on, I've been frozen, but this here's the life I've chosen, it just wasn't for the long run.
_ Now this river sleuths me to a tee, but if you're trying to raise a family, this ain't no place to be.
_ There lives a kid down by the dump there, [D] ought to be in grade school somewhere, [A] now he hangs out with me.
Now I told him keep yourself to yourself, _ _ _ [D] keep your _ [A] bedroll dry, _ _ boy you never can tell when _ [D] the [A] shadows hide. _ _
I see you a lot on the ground, _ _ [D] bigger than whatever [A] you find. _
You ain't got no [E] place to fall, _ _ and your back's [A] a far. _ _ _
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_ Well, I found a soft bottle I pulled into a bank, I off the street headed uptown. _ _
_ Well, it was late and I've been drinking, driving home without a drink, and I was spending the day. _ _
_ Well, there's a nervous down on Wall Street, trying to keep it up here, and you think they just don't care. _ _
Now this river eyes are burning, and you feel the tables [D] turn, so if [A] you wind up down there, keep yourself to yourself. _ _ _
[D] Keep your _ [A] bedroll dry, _ _ boy you never can tell _ when [D] the [A] shadows hide. _ _
I see you a lot on the ground, _ _ bigger [D] than [A] whatever you find.
_ _ You ain't got no [E] place to fall, _ _ _ and your [A] back's a far. _ _ _ _ _
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