Key: D
Introduction:
D2 D
Are you having a long day
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G5)
Everyone you meet rubs you the wrong way
D2 D
Dirty city streets smell like an ashtray
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G2)
Morning bells are ringing in your ear
D2 D
Is your brother on a church kick
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G5)
Seems like just a different kind of dopesick
D2 D
Better off to teach a dog a card trick
D D2 D4 D D2 G
Than try to have a point and make it clear
(A)
Bm A G F#m
You should know, compared to people on a global scale
Em F#m G
Our kind has had it relatively easy
Bm A G F#m
And here with you there's always something to look forward to
Em F#m G
My angry heart beats relatively easy
D2 D
I lost a good friend,
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G5)
At Christmastime when folks go off the deep end
D2 D
His woman took the kids and he took Klonopin
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G2)
Enough to kill a man of twice his size
A Bm
Not for me to understand
A G
Remember him when he was still a proud man
A Bm
A vandal's smile, a baseball in his right hand
A G(G2)
Nothing but the blue sky in his eyes
(A)
Bm A G F#m
Still, compared to those a stones-throw away from you,
Em F#m G
Our lives have both been relatively easy
Bm A G F#m
Take a year and make a break there ain't that much at stake
Em F#m G
The answers could be relatively easy
Em F#m G
Watch that lucky man walk to work again
D A(A2)
He may not have a friend left in the world
Em F#m G
See him walking home again to sleep alone
D A(A2)
I step into a shop to buy a postcard for a girl
D2 D
I broke the law boys,
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G5)
shooting out the windows of my loft, boys
D2 D
When they picked me up, I made a big noise
D D2 D4 D D2 G(G2)
Everything to blame except my mind
(A)
Bm A G F#m
I should say, I keep your picture with me every day
Em F#m G
The evenings now are relatively easy
A Bm A G F#m
And here with you there's always something to look forward to
Em F#m G
My lonely heart beats relatively easy
Em F#m G
My lonely heart beats relatively easy