Townes Van Zandt – Waiting Around To Die chords

Capo 4
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Am                                     DmSometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
    Am                                EmSometimes I don't even know the reason why
  AmI guess I'll keep a'gambling
        DmLots of booze and lots of rambling
     Am                Em               AmIt's easier than just a-waitin' around to die


Am                          DmOne-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa
    Am                                 EmHe beat her with a belt once cause she cried
  AmShe told him to take care of me
        DmShe headed down to Tennessee
      Am               Em                 AmIt's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die


Am                                     DmI came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar
    Am                                EmShe cleaned me out and hit it on the sly
  AmI tried to kill the pain
        DmI bought some wine and hopped a train
     Am                Em               AmSeemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die


Am                                     DmA friend said he knew where some easy money was
    Am                                EmWe robbed a man and brother did we fly
  AmThe posse caught up with me
        DmDrug me back to Muskogee
     Am                Em               AmIt's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die


Am                                     DmNow I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
    Am                                EmHe don't steal or cheat or drink or lie
  AmHis name's codeine
        DmHe's the nicest thing I've seen
     Am                Em               AmTogether we're gonna wait around and die