Chords for Townes Van Zandt, Waitin´ Around to Die, Heartworn Highways

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_ [F] _ [Bb] Old time people go [Eb] sneaking [F] down [Bb] the hall _ Like [Eb] an old [F] gray cat [Bb] in the winter _ _ [Eb] keeping _ [F] close.
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ .
This is the first song I ever wrote by the way.
Is it?.
I have no idea.
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_ _ Well sometimes I don't know where this dirty [Gm] road is taking me.
[Dm] Sometimes I can't even see [Am] the reason why.
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[D] I guess I'll keep a gambling.
Lots of [Gm] booze and lots of rambling.
[D] It's easier than just [Am] waiting around [Dm] to die.
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_ _ One time friends I had them all.
[Gm] I even had a paw.
[D] _ .
He [Dm] beat her with a belt [Am] once cause she cried.
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[D] She told [Dm] him to take care of me.
She headed [Gm] down to [D] Tennessee.
Oh it's easier [Am] than just waiting [Dm] around to die.
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_ _ Well to come of age and I found a girl in a [Gm] Tuscaloosa bar.
[D] She cleaned me [Dm] out and hit her on the [Am] sly.
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[Dm] I tried to kill the pain.
I bought [D] some booze and hopped [Gm] a train.
[D] It seemed [Am] easier than just waiting around [Dm] to die.
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_ _ And a friend said he knew where some [G] easy money was.
[D] We [Dm] robbed a man and brother did [Am] we fly.
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[Dm] They told her to take care of me.
[Am] They drug me [Gm] back to Tennessee.
[Dm] And it's two long [Am] years of waiting around to [Dm] die.
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_ _ Oh but now I'm out of prison.
One time I [Am] got me a [Gm] friend at last.
[D] He [Dm] don't drink or steal or [Am] cheat or lie.
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Well his [Dm] name's Codeine.
He's the nicest [Gm] thing I've seen.
[D] And together [Am] we're gonna wait around [Dm] to die.
_ Well together we're [Am] gonna wait around to [Dm] die.
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_ _ _ _ Grandpa I've [Ab] been thinking about [Eb] you lately.
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_ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] Wondering if you [Ab] found [Bb] your peace of mind.
_ _ [Eb] I guess you'd [Ab] be proud to know [Ebm] your grandson.
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_ _ [Ab] _ Never [Fm] crossed the Mason [Bb]-Nixon line.
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_ [Eb] _ [Ab] I was still [Fm] too