'Promises in Pieces' When the Money's all Gone Standard Tuning - CAPO 2 G C G Well I saw Jesus in the corner, He was talkin' to my friend G D G They both looked my way, And turned around G C G I guess I should remember, All the trouble that I've been G D G It's just promise and pieces on the ground G C G Well I was drunk tired and busted, The day he took me in G D G And offered me protection from myself, G C G I guess I should have told him, I'm no kind of friend G D G Well I guess he found out the day I left D Well I took the money from the wallet C G On the table by the door D I took the pistol that he told me C G He kept locked inside the drawer Em D C I took off before the sun came up G And didn't see him anymore G Well I was killin' time in Reno C G Where the snow fell on the ground G D G Well I was counting out what little I had left G C G I asked the bartender to pour another round G D G I threw a ten down on the table and I saved it for myself D And I walked across the street in day light C G With that pistol in my jeans D I walked up and told the teller C G I don't wanna cause a scene Em D C Just put the money in this suitcase G We can do this nice and clean G Well I was almost to the front door C G When I heard that siren scream G D G We were just around the corner coming fast G C G I turned back to that teller, He was lookin' right at me G D G Well I watched him fall as I let that pistol blaze D And I ran back through the alley C G And I never turned around D C G And I heard all the voice as they tried to track me down Em D C G I threw the pistol in that river, I jumped the train leavin' town G C In a hotel down by Carson Lake G I was tryin' to lay low G D G When I heard some locals talkin' down the hall G C G It seems they caught the man who robbed that Wells Fargo G D G Up in Reno you don't mess around with the law D C G Well I guess my friend came lookin' like he done before D They already found his pistol C G That had washed up on the shore Em D C G Yesterday they hanged a man and I couldn't run anymore Break: Em - D - C - Em - D - C G C G Well I saw Jesus in the corner he was talkin' to my friend G D G They both looked my way and turned around G C G I guess I should remember all the trouble that I've been G D G It's just promises and pieces on the ground G D G It's just promises and pieces on the ground * Any corrections are appreciated *