chorus: A5                     E5          A5 
        Stayin' out late in a honky tonk bar 
                    D5           E5 
        Findin' new ways to be untrue 
        A5           D5   E5                 A5 
        Drinkin' my way through this month's rent 
                        E5          A5 
        Seems to be the best I can do 
 

Verse:  A5                        D5 
        Drunk and enraged and I'm showin' my age 
          E5                           A5 
        I dreamt away my money and my mind 
                                        D5 
        No woman to call wife, I got no home to spend my life 
            E5                            A5 
        And no desire for either at this time 
 

                                        D5 
        I'm showin' no signs of growing up at any time 
        E5                           A5 
        I keep a firm grasp upon my youth 
                                              D5 
        And the subtlety of love is something I know nothing of 
        E5                                A5 
        And I have got no concept of the truth 
 
Chorus 
 

Solo:   A5  D5  E5   A5 
 
bridge: E5                 A5 
        It's all a matter of where you're going 
        B5                                 E5 
        I don't know where I'm going from here 
 

Solo:   A5  D5  E5   A5 
 
Verse:  A5                         D5 
        Desperate ways seem to control my every day 
                 E5                        A5 
        And it's hard to understand why I run 
                              D5 
        But this poet's dance is my last chance 
               E5                                 A5 
        To lay down my pen and show you how it's done 
 
Chorus 
Tag:    A5                       E5          D5   A5 D5 A5 D5 A5 
        Yeah it seems to be the best I can do