Chords
There Aint No Easy Way

Key: E

Introduction:

difficulty
easy |||||
Em                                                         Am                                                      G  
Won't you listen to my story I gotta a tale to tell it's
                                                        Am                                                                                         B7  
About a man who gets caught somewhere between heaven and hell
                                                Am            C                                              G  D  
Yea the man's in anguish I guess you could say
                C            C/B  C/A  C/GEm          Em              A    G    Em  
There ain't no      easy      way
Em                                                                                                                              G  
Well when I was young boy I learned to play    the guitar
                                                          Em                                                      B7  
It was me and old Jim Beam down at the local bar
                                     Am                      C                                         G  D  
Yea I lost my childhood but I earned me a trade
                          C            C/B  C/A  C/GEm  
Now there ain't no      easy      way
Em                                                                                                      G  
I found me a woman I gave her heart and soul
                                             Em                                                                            B7  
I nearly lost my mind thru it all yeah she took control
                                     Am                      C                                         G  D  
She gave me a baby child then she took it away
                C            C/B  C/A  C/GEm  
There ain't no         easy    way
Am                                                                                                            Em  
I prayed to the father to the moon and the sun
                                Am                                                                                                            Em  
I prayed to anyone or anything that could get the job done
                                                Am                                                                         Em  D  
I hear different voices but the words are    the same
C                            C/B  C/A  C/G    B7  
There ain't no         easy      way
                                        Em                                                                                         G  
I went to this doctor to see what my trouble might be
                                                                  Em                                                                                                            B7  
And I was looking at the bottom of his shoe while he was looking at me
                                          Am              C                                                    G    B7  
We sat there in silence but what I wanted to say
                                Em  
I wanted to say
SOLO
Em                                                                                         G  
When it's all over and my grave you stand
                                                                     Em  
Try to think of something good to say
                                                  B7  
About this no good man
                                        Am              C                                                    G  D  
Please do me a favor    won't you write on my grave
                C            C/B  C/A  C/GEm  
There ain't no         easy    way
From Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott 'Real Time'