Tom: C
Introdução:
C
Well he wakes up, nice and dry
Hears the cars and trucks above him rollin by
Am F
He lights a cig?Takes a swig
C
He does this everyday
C
Wife and kids?.weren?t enough
Started running round?drinking way too much
Am F
Takin pills?..chasing thrills
C
Till he lost everything
G F
Somedays he?s sober long enough to feel regret
C
But he?ll find a bottle and it won?t last
G F
Cause he can?t bear the thought of what it took to get
Dm G
From what he had to what he has
C
Under the Overpass
Verse
C
He prefers?.sunshine to rain
Cause the liquor store?s half a mile away
Am F
But folks give more?on days it pours
C
So it works out either way
G F
Somedays he?s sober long enough to feel regret
C
But he?ll find a bottle and it won?t last
G F
Cause he can?t bear the thought of what it took to get
Dm G
From what he had to what he has
C
Under the Overpass
Instrumental (Am-G-C)
G F
He?s just biding time?the only way he knows
C
Numbing pain he can?t get past
G F
He?ll be there until he?s got somewhere to go.
Dm
But who knows how long he has
Verse
C
Well he wakes up, nice and dry
Hears the cars and trucks above him rollin by
Am F
He lights a cig?Takes a swig
C
He does this everyday