Proud Souls by Jason Boland
Tabbed by Jaclyn

Standard tuning - Capo II

G (320003@1)              DWell (xx0232@1)I Got drunk by myself last night
      Em (022000@1)              CThey (x32010@1)say its no way to make things right
G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)               DI (xx0232@1)just didn't have anything better to do.
  G (320003@1)                  DThe (xx0232@1)dog was asleep on the living room rug and
     Em (022000@1)               CI (x32010@1)watched a show about crime and drugs
G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                  GFinished (320003@1)a bottle of Jaeger until it was through

G (320003@1)               DAnd (xx0232@1)I don't care that I can't sleep
        Em (022000@1)                CHell, (x32010@1)I'd just as soon stay up all week
G (320003@1)                     C (x32010@1)                DI (xx0232@1)might get some things done while others dream.
  G (320003@1)                  DThe (xx0232@1)heater broke and the room got cold
       Em (022000@1)                 CAny (x32010@1)my knees and ankles say I'm gettin' older
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)                  GThe (320003@1)phone finally rang but it wasn't for me.

Chorus:
   Bm (x24432@1)         CIf (x32010@1)Everyone was together
        G (320003@1)             CI (x32010@1)guess no one would be alone
G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)              DLife's (xx0232@1)a lot of trade offs in the end.
  Bm (x24432@1)            C (x32010@1)   
Somewhere in the fields of heaven
     G (320003@1)                   CThe (x32010@1)proud souls laugh and they love together
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)               GSomewhere (320003@1)between passion and losin friends.

G (320003@1)                       DSleep (xx0232@1)finally came but I woke up alone
       Em (022000@1)                       CAnd (x32010@1)my head was laying next to the telephone, 
G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)I gave the sun a cussin' as I drew the shades.
G (320003@1)                    DOne (xx0232@1)thing that seems always true
          Em (022000@1)                      CThat's (x32010@1)when I'm hung-over well the sky is blue,
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)                      GA (320003@1)rough night for me will make a hell of a day.

G (320003@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)I believe in ghost and democracy
         Em (022000@1)                         CAnd (x32010@1)that each man should leave us his legacy
G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)               DBe (xx0232@1)that mans' work great or be it small. 
       G (320003@1)                 DBut, (xx0232@1)I don't believe in everything like
     Em (022000@1)                      CThe (x32010@1)designated hitter or that diamond ring
G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                GWe'll (320003@1)make love last forever for one and all

Bm (x24432@1)         CIf (x32010@1)Everyone was together
        G (320003@1)         CWhy (x32010@1)are so many left alone
G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)              DLife's (xx0232@1)a lot of trade offs in the end.
  Bm (x24432@1)            C (x32010@1)   
Somewhere in the fields of heaven
     G (320003@1)                   CThe (x32010@1)proud souls laugh and they love together
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)               GSomewhere (320003@1)between passion and losin friends.



G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)               GSomewhere (320003@1)between passion and losin friends.