Tuning: Standard Capo: 5th fret INTRO ------ C5 C5 C5 C5 VERSE 1 ------- C5 C5 Well he woke up that mornin' and he called into work C5 C5 Put on his daddy's old suit with a 2nd hand shirt F5 F5 All un-tucked, shoes un-tied C5 C5 People all snickered as he walked by F5 F5 So he stopped into a bar and bought a shot of Stephen's C5 C5 And another F5 F5 He bummed a cigarette instead of talkin' with a stranger C5 C5 About the weather A5 G5 And then he paid his bill and he stepped outside C5 F5 And fell down into the street C5 G5 He cursed and he cried as he climbed back up to his F5 G5 feet again VERSE 2 ------- C5 C5 So up the road he found a payphone and called his mom C5 C5 He said Mom I think I'll be coming home F5 F5 I've been feeling so bad, I'm tired of this city. C5 C5 Ain't been the same since I lost my pretty F5 F5 Angeline, and Mom I miss her C5 C5 so. F5 F5 It's been over a year and there ain't nothin' I fear C5 C5 So much as being alone. A5 G5 And then he hung up the phone without saying good bye C5 F5 Stopped in the store and bought a postcard and signed it C5 G5 Fare the well, and sent it back home F5 G5 To Yuma. (Instrumental transition) C C G (4 beats, 2 beats, 2 beats) BRIDGE ------ A5 G5 Looking back I'd say, F5 C5 It wasn't so much the girl F5 C5 As it was the booze and the dope G5 G5 And the way he took the weight of the world up upon his A5 A5 Shoulders F5 F5 And then he washed the blue from his eyes as he grew C5 C5 colder F5 G5 After all those lonely nights there left alone. (Instrumental transition) G5 G5 G5 G5 (2 beats per chord) G' (4 beats only) VERSE 3 ------- C5 C5 So he was just 23 when he stepped out on that ledge C5 C5 It was his weary heart that pushed him to the edge F5 F5 He was tired of living life, looking for love. C5 C5 A weary heart just needs a little touch F5 F5 And it is too much to ask, he cried as he stepped into the C5 C5 wind. F5 F5 He turned his back on the world and he fell back to earth C5 C5 again. A5 G5 So with the wind in his hair and a smile on his face C5 G5 He crashed through the hood of an Oldes 98 C5 G5 And he lay there and died on a cold winter's day F5 G5 All alone C5 C5 All alone.
