(verse 1) 
     G5 
You ask me if I'm happy now 
                               D5 
That's good as any joke I've heard 
 
It seems that since I've seen you last 
                                   G5 
I done forgot the meaning of the words 
 
If happiness is empty rooms 
 
And drinkin' in the afternoon 
                               G5 
Well I suppose I'm happy as a clam 
    D5 
But if it's got a thing to do 
 
With smilin' of forgettin' you 
                                      G5 
Well I don't guess that I could say I am 
 

         G5 
Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone 
                                           D5 
Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew 
 
When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper 
                                                                 G5 
He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through 
 
And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants 
                                             C5 
Because he's never seen a single dream come true 
            D5  
That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling 
 
from the bottle to the bottom stool by stool 
                                   G5 
Learnin' hard to live with losin' you  
 
(verse 2) 

You wonder if I'm better off 

With freedom now to do the things I choose 

With all my times my own and 

I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to lose 

There's no one here to carry on 

If I stay out the whole night long 

Or give a tankerous damn if I don't call 

I'm livin' like I wanted to 

And doin' things I wanna do 

And nothin' means a thing to me at all 
 
(chorus) 
         G5 
Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone 
                                           D5 
Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew 
 
When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper 
                                                                 G5 
He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through 
 
And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants 
                                             C5 
Because he's never seen a single dream come true 
            D5  
That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling 
 
from the bottle to the bottom stool by stool 
                                   G5 - D5 - G5 
Learnin' hard to live with losin' you