Key: A
Introduction:
G Dm Am
You?re the life of the party, everybody?s host
C G
Still you need somewhere you can hide
Dm Am
All your good-time friends and your fair-weather has-beens
C G
Lord knows?.they?re just along for the ride
E7 Am
You think you?re a survivor, but boy you better think twice
G Dm D
No one rides for nothing, so step up and pay the price
F C G Am
It?s the high cost of low living
F C G Dm Am
Ain?t it high time you turned yourself around
F C G Am
Yeah, the high cost of low living
Eb F C
Bound to put you six feet in the ground
G Dm Am
So many here who love you still you just can?t tell
C G
The real ones from those that drop your name
Dm Am
All the while behind your back they rip the flesh right from
your bones
C G
you should know by now we?re all fair game
E7 Am
You been chasing each dream with whiskey From here to Tokyo
G Dm D
Using up all your real friends No places left to go
Chorus
F C G Am
It?s the high cost of low living
F C G Dm Am
Ain?t it high time you turned yourself around
F C G Am
Yeah, the high cost of low living
Eb F C
Bound to put you six feet in the ground
Bb F C Bb F C
HERE?S THE ASCENDING RIFF AFTER THE 2ND Chorus
Jam?.
Eb Bb C
Don?t look behind you Don?t look back
Eb Bb C Dm D
Don?t try to find reasons In the past the past is gone
Chorus