Key: G
Introduction: Em7 D/F# G
Em7 D/F# G
I know a man with nothing in his hands,
Em7 D/F# G
Nothing but a rolling stone
Em7 D/F# G
He told me ' bout when his house burnt down,
Em7 D/F# G
He lost everything he owned
Em7 D/F# G
He lay asleep for six whole weeks,
Em7 D/F# G
They were gonna ask his mother to choose
Em7 D/F# G
When he woke up with nothing he said I' ll tell something
Em7 D/F# G
When you' ve got nothing, you' ve got nothing to lose
C
Now I' ve got a hole in my pocket,
G
A hole in my shirt,
D Em
A whole lot of trouble, he said
C G
But now the money is gone, well life carries on
D Em
And I miss it like a hole in the head
Em7 D/F# G
Em7 D/F# G
I know a woman with kids around her ankles
Em7 D/F# G
And a baby on her lap
Em7 D/F# G
She said one day her husband went to get a paper
Em7 D/F# G
And the motherf**ker never came back
Em7 D/F# G
Mortgage to pay and four kids to raise,
Em7 D/F# G
But keeping wolf from the door
Em7 D/F# G
She said the wolf' s just a puppy and the door' s double locked
Em7 D/F# G
So why you gotta worry me for
C
Now he left a hole in my heart
G
A hole in a promise
D Em
A hole on the side of my bed
C G
But now that he' s gone well life carries on
D Em
And I miss him like a hole in the head
C G D
Well sometimes you can' t change and you can' t choose
C G D
And sometimes it seems you gain less than you lose
Am C
Now we' ve got holes in our hearts
G D
Yeah we' ve got holes in our lives
Am C G
Well we' ve got holes we got holes but we carry on
x 2
Am C
Say we' ve got holes in our hearts
G D
Yeah we' ve got holes in our lives
Am C G
Well we' ve got holes we got holes but we carry on
x 6