Capo on 3 if standard tuning. Capo on 4, tuned a half step down is how Andrew Combs plays it. Verse 1: C F C Lonely as these days are long, C F G5 As dark as the night bird's song, Am G5 C F F This strange way of living has bled my heart dry. C G5 C I'm lonesome, but too stoned to cry. C F C My clothes, they're ragged and worn, C F G5 I'm a sailor who's caught in the worst kind of storm. Am G5 C F F The water keeps rising, but I'm getting by. C G5 C I keep walking, I'm too stoned to fly.
Chorus: G5 F C 'cause whisky and wine and pills for the pain, G5 F C Fast easy women and little cocaine. Am G5 C F F I'm walking a line between hell bent and high, C G5 C I ain't happy, just too stoned to cry. Solo/Break: F G5 C Cmaj9 Am F G5 C G5 C Verse 2: C F C Now I'm living from town to town, C F G5 I've always been lost, I ain't never been found. Am G5 C F F They say Jesus can save me, but that was a lie. C G5 Am I keep trying, I'm too stoned to die. C G5 C I keep trying, I'm too stoned to die. Chorus: G F C 'cause whisky and wine and pills for the pain, G5 F C Fast easy women and little cocaine. Am G5 C F F I'm walking in line between hell bent and high, C G5 Am I ain't happy, just too stoned to cry, C G5 F No, I ain't happy, just too stoned to cry. Outro: