[Verse]
    C#m (Am)                                                            
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  F#m (Dm)                          C#m (Am)
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   G#m (Em)                          C#m (Am)
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    F#m (Dm)                          C#m (Am)         G#m (Em)
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    C#m (Am)
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Lyrics:
C#m                                     F#m
Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me
    C#m                                G#m
Sometimes I don't even know the reason why
  C#m
I guess I'll keep a'gambling
        F#m
Lots of booze and lots of rambling
     C#m                G#m               C#m
It's easier than just a-waitin' around to die

One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa
He beat her with a belt once cause she cried
She told him to take care of me
She headed down to Tennessee
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly
I tried to kill the pain
I bought some wine and hopped a train
Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die

A friend said he knew where some easy money was
We robbed a man and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me
Drug me back to Muskogee
It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die

Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
His name's codeine
He's the nicest thing I've seen
Together we're gonna wait around and die