E           G#m          C#m         E7
I left Decatur, hell bent to forget
 A          E               F#m
Bought a ticket back to Skowhegan, Maine
                G#m           C#m
I wound up in Seattle so drunk and so rattled
      F#m             B7
I caught the wrong train
                E          G#m                 C#m
I found some fast easy women and some hard drinkin' men
                 A             F#
Swore I would drown all the sorrow in me
    A            B
Oh, I once had a lot
            E       A           B       A
But the future is not what it used to be
  E                     G#m              C#m     B
Oh, the years they went by and I went steadily downhill
  A                         E
Until I had no place left to go
                         G#m                C#m                 E
Made all the missions by mornin' and then I made the dives every night
                    F#m               B
Until I made a wreck of my body and my soul
     E               G#m
And then I met this lady
      C#m        E7          A              F#7
In time she made me forget, her love set me free
  A          B
I once had a lot
                        E    A   E   B     A
But the future is just not what it used to be
 E                C#m                   G#m
Well, I never thought I would live to grow old
    C#m           A         E
The past cut a hole deep in me
            C#m                G#m
But There Was The Chance to Be Here A While Longer
A.                 B
At Least I wanted to Be
E             G#m.     C#m.     B. E
Somebody told me you were back in town
  A
I found out today
                   G#m           C#m      E
God knows it hurts me to hear you're so down
   F#               B7
But what else can I say
   E           G#m             C#m       A        B
I know your sorrow, I know your pain, I know your need
     A                F#
And I once loved you a lot
      E                 A         E
But the future is not, not what it used to be