Verse:
G They got married D early C never had no G money
G Then when he got D laid off C they really hit the G skids
G He started up his D drinking C then they started G fighting
G He took it pretty D badly C she took both the G kids | G |
Bridge:
She said Em I’m not standing D by
To C watch you slowly D die
So watch me C walking, D out the G door D
Out the C door G out the G door D out the C door | C |
Verse:
G She went to her D brother’s C got a little G bar work
G He went to the D buttery C stayed about a G year G
Then he wrote a D letter C said I want to G see you
G She thought he sounded D better, C she sent him up the G fare | G |
Bridge:
He was Em riding through the D cane
C In the pouring D rain
On Ol C ympic D to her G door D to her C door G
To her G door to D to her C door
Instrumental:
G | D | C | G X 4
Verse:
G He came in on a D Sunday C every muscle G aching
G Walking in slow D motion C like he’d just been G hit
G Did they have a D future C would he know his G children
G Could he make a D picture and C get them all to G fit| G |
Bridge:
He was Em shaking in his D seat
C Riding through the D streets
In a C silvertop, D to her
Em Shaking in his D seat
C Riding through the D streets In a C silvertop D to her G door D
To her C door G to her G door D to her C door C G | D | C | G | G | D | C | G
Verse:
G They got married D early C never had no G money
G Then when he got D laid off C they really hit the G skids
G He started up his D drinking C then they started G fighting
G He took it pretty D badly C she took both the G kids | G |
Bridge:
She said Em I’m not standing D by
To C watch you slowly D die
So watch me C walking, D out the G door D
Out the C door G out the G door D out the C door | C |
Verse:
G She went to her D brother’s C got a little G bar work
G He went to the D buttery C stayed about a G year G
Then he wrote a D letter C said I want to G see you
G She thought he sounded D better, C she sent him up the G fare | G |
Bridge:
He was Em riding through the D cane
C In the pouring D rain
On Ol C ympic D to her G door D to her C door G
To her G door to D to her C door
Instrumental:
G | D | C | G X 4
Verse:
G He came in on a D Sunday C every muscle G aching
G Walking in slow D motion C like he’d just been G hit
G Did they have a D future C would he know his G children
G Could he make a D picture and C get them all to G fit| G |
Bridge:
He was Em shaking in his D seat
C Riding through the D streets
In a C silvertop, D to her
Em Shaking in his D seat
C Riding through the D streets In a C silvertop D to her G door D
To her C door G to her G door D to her C door C G | D | C | G | G | D | C | G
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