Stancliffs Lament chords by James Mcmurtry
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Beginner
🎸 Intro: E G D C E G D C 🎸 Verse : E G Too old to work for wages D C No time left to kill E G Put your eggs in one basket D C Mind that basket don't spill E G You've got to be successful D C Just to be all right E G Lest the old man's ghost comes walking D C In the middle of the night
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🎸 Verse :
E G
Spend some years in the business
D C
Learn how the big boys play
E G
Marry your high school sweetheart
D C
Man don't let her get away
E G
And if it don't work out
D C
You can walk away without a stitch
E G
Wreckage in the rearview mirror
D C
Bouncing down a roadside ditch
🎸 Chorus:
G E
It's behind you now
D C B A G
It's behind you now
G E D
The worst was over long ago
C B G E
Pat yourself on the back
E D C F
Stand up and take a bow
🎸 Interlude:
G E D C
🎸 Verse :
E G
There's voices all around you
D C
They're yelling Go Team
E G
You're sitting at the top of the bleachers
D C
Staring at a laptop screen
E G
You can't waste a minute
D C
You can't waste a one
E G
The minutes are bought and paid for
D C
At least till the job gets done
🎸 Interlude:
C B A
🎸 Chorus:
G E
It's behind you now
D C B A G
It's behind you now
G E D
The worst was over long ago
C B G E
Pat yourself on the back
E D C F
Stand up and take a bow
🎸 Interlude:
G E D C
🎸 Verse :
E G
They're holding all of your phone calls
D C
But it's no relief
E G
You're staring out the smoked glass window
D C
At the cars down on the cloverleaf
E G
And a picture of a kid with a ball glove
D C
smiling at the lens
E G
And a woman on a sailboat
D C
And all those years you just had to hope they'd bend
E G
Well you pushed so hard you bent so far
D C
That they won't either one get straight again
🎸 Chorus:
G E
It's behind you now
D C B A G
It's behind you now
G E D
The worst was over long ago
C B G E
Pat yourself on the back
E D C F
Stand up and take a bow
🎸 Outro:
G E D C
Stancliffs Lament chords