Waitin Around To Die

     C#m

Sometimes I don't know where

            F#m

this dirty road is taking me

     C#m                              G#7

sometimes I can't even see the reason why

    C#m

I guess I keep a-gamblin'

         F#m

lots of booze and lots of ramblin'

      C#m             G#7              C#m

it's easier than just waitin' around to die



C#m                          F#m

One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa

    C#m                                 G#7

He beat her with a belt once cause she cried

        C#m

She told him to take care of me

          F#m

She headed down to Tennessee

      C#m               G#7               C#m

It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die



C#m                                 F#m

I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar

    C#m                                G#7

She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly

  C#m

I tried to kill the pain

              F#m

I bought some wine and hopped a train

       C#m                G#7               C#m

Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die



C#m                              F#m

A friend said he knew where some easy money was

    C#m                            G#7

We robbed a man and brother did we fly

    C#m

The posse caught up with me

        F#m

Drug me back to Muskogee

     C#m                    G#7               C#m

It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die



C#m                      F#m

Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last

C#m                                 G#7

He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie

    C#m

His name's codeine

         F#m

He's the nicest thing I've seen

  C#m                G#7             C#m

Together we're gonna wait around and die

  C#m                G#7             C#m

Together we're gonna wait around and die