Standard Tuning - Capo 2
Intro: A
Verse 1:
A D
I refuse to spend the rest of my days
A
Trying to get away from all the things
E ?
I did when I knew not what I'd done
A D
Oh so young and tired love was not an item
A
My bottle always refused to hear them tell me
E A
Not to stare into the sun
A D
This pornographic place told me a body was to be feared
A E
And then wanted at the same time friend if you figure how
A D
Feared because it was a pathway to a mortal sin
A
And then you wanted
E A
'Cause we'll all be dust a few short years from now
Chorus:
E D
It's a broken hearted world that we inherit
E D
All we're told to do is sin and bear it
A D A D – E
For a little while on the dark and dirty mile
Verse 2:
A D
It took a while at least for me to live enough 'till I believed
A E ?
None of what I heard and less than half of what I saw
A
Market days have come and gone
D A
Some were lost and some are on their way back home
E A
To figure out a place to place it all
Chorus:
E D
It's a broken hearted world that we inherit
E D
All we're told to do is sin and bear it
A D A
For a little while on the dark and dirty mile
D A
We're all family here in trail
D A D
On this dark and dirty mile
Instrumental:
A – D – A – D – A – D – A – D – E – A
Verse 3:
A D
Finally I realized that knowledge better make you wise
A E ?
Or all the knots you learned will leave you in a ball
A
Helpless as when we were born
D
Thread bare and wholly worn out
A E A
Shivering as summer gives way to early fall
Chorus:
E D
It's a broken hearted world that we inherit
E D
All we're told to do is sin and bear it
A D A
For a little while on the dark and dirty mile
D A
We're all family here in trail
D A D
On this dark and dirty mile
Outro:
A – D – A – D – A – D – A – D – E – A