G


[Verse]
G
Only time I see my friends
          C
Is on the posters in the bar room wall
      G
Only time I hear their voice
          C
Is in a drunken late-night hotel call
G
See you're out in Houston
      C
I'm giggin' in L.A.
       G
Maybe we'll cross paths
D             G
One of these days


[Verse]
      G
This business breaks your heart
        C
It's a big old mean machine
       G
It'll grind your bones to make your bread
          C
And then piss all over your dreams
G
That ain't why we do this
       C
If it was we wouldn't last long
     G                       D          G
No, we're all hooked on the power of a song


[Chorus]
         C
May our beds be soft
G
Coffee strong and hot
         C
May the angels of the blacktop
          G                  D
Keep our souls from getting lost
              G
If there's a patron saint of troubadours
        C
On the road from here to there
       G
Watch over us
           D                  G
That's my three-chord poet's prayer


[Instrumental]
Bm G C  G  D


[Verse]
           G
It's gonna be some real hard nights
          C
And some holes in the wall
           G
The next night you'll be on top of the world
           C
The next morning you might fall
 G
Things we miss back home
     C
Are never lost on me
      G                     D          G
Kids growing up, funerals, anniversaries


[Bridge]
   Em
I didn't choose this life
      C
This travelin' life chose me
       G
I was born to be a gypsy
           D
So that's what I'll always be
         G
Have a good next show
 C
Keep it between the lines
              G           D              G
Know you're always in my heart and on my mind


[Chorus]
         C
May our beds be soft
G
Coffee strong and hot
         C
May the angels of the blacktop
          G                  D
Keep our souls from getting lost
              G
If there's a patron saint of troubadours
        C
On the road from here to there
       G
Watch over us
           D                  G
That's my three-chord poet's prayer

Watch over my friends
           D                  G
That's my three-chord poet's prayer