Em                         C                      G
I've been sitting here crying since long before the day be-gan
        D                                                Am               C
With my pockets full of nothing but broken dreams and my head in my empty hands
    Em                                 C              G
The winnings that I thought I had and come so far to get
     D                                                C                 G
Are further away then they've ever been, they've been taken by anoth-er man

[Verse]

  Em                         C              G
I wouldn't take a train for home even if I could
                   D                                         Am                   C
Cause they've been saving their joy for the hometown boy who went away to make it good
           Em                             C                      G
I bet they cleared away the parlour so my Ma can dance me in the door
        D                                         Am                        C
And the old man can wink, and pour me a drink and ask me what the tears are for

[Chorus]

     B7            C                        G
It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin
          D                                              C                       G
A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win
    B7                  C                         G
And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down
         D                                           C                 G
Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town

[Verse]

  Em                           C                        G
I know I'm not crying 'cause I think I've had it mighty tough
D                                       Am                 C
I did my best with all the rest, but it just wasn't good e-nough
              Em                       C                    G
And I've been working and training too long just to make it here
          D                                     Am                 C
To merely swallow my pride and walk outside and come back anoth-er year

[Alt Chorus]

     B7              C                      G
It's harder to try a-gain than it was to be-gin
          D                                              C                       G
A man can play a lone hand in a high stakes game, but it doesn't mean he's gonna win
    B7                  C                         G
And somehow I've got to keep from getting further down
         D                                          Am                 C
Before I buy myself a bottle of cheap escape, and a ticket to anoth-er town
          Am                             C                            G
I want to drown in the grape and make my escape, on a ticket to anoth-er town