Jamey Johnson - High Cost Of Living
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Intro  C (x32010@1)  |    |    |    ||

Verse 1
CI (x32010@1)was just a normal guy, life was just a nine to five
                                          GWith (320003@1)bills and pressure piled up to the sky.
 
She never asked, she knew I'd been hangin' with my wilder friends
                             CLooking (x32010@1)for another way to fly.

And three days straight was no big feat

To get by on no food or sleep
      F (133211@1)        C/E (x3111x@5)         DmAnd (xx0231@1)crazy was becoming my new norm.
     CI'd (x32010@1)pass out on the bedroom floor
      G (320003@1)                                     CAnd (x32010@1)sleep right through the calm before the storm.

Chorus
    FMy (133211@1)life was just an old routine,
G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)        FEvery (133211@1)day the same damn thing, I couldn't even tell I was alive.
                 CI (x32010@1)tell you, the high cost of living, 
       G (320003@1)                                CAin't (x32010@1)nothin' like the cost of living high.

Verse 2
      CThat (x32010@1)Southern Baptist parking lot was where I'd go to smoke my pot.
                                  GSit (320003@1)there in my pickup truck and pray and staring at that giant cross
                                                                         CJust (x32010@1)reminded me that I was lost and it just never seemed to point the way.
 
As soon as Jesus turned his back I'd find my way across the tracks
F (133211@1)               C/E (x3111x@5)         Dm (xx0231@1)Lookin' just to score another deal.
         CWith (x32010@1)my back against that damn eight ball
  G (320003@1)                          CI (x32010@1)didn't have to think or talk or feel.







Chorus
    FMy (133211@1)life was just an old routine.
G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)         FEvery (133211@1)day the same damn thing, I couldn't even tell I was alive.
                CI (x32010@1)tell you, the high cost of living, 
       G (320003@1)                             CAin't (x32010@1)nothin' like the cost of living high.

Verse 3
 CMy (x32010@1)whole life went through my head laying in that hotel bed
                                    GWatchin' (320003@1)as the cops kicked in the door.
 
I had a job and a piece of land and my sweet wife was my best friend
                                      CBut (x32010@1)I traded that for cocaine and a whore.

With my new found sobriety I've got the time to sit and think
   F (133211@1)              C/E (x3111x@5)             DmOf (xx0231@1)all the things I had and threw away.
       CThis (x32010@1)prison is much colder than that
G (320003@1)                               COne (x32010@1)that I was locked up in just yesterday.

Chorus
    FMy (133211@1)life is just an old routine.
G (320003@1)                               C (x32010@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)         FEveryday's (133211@1)the same damn thing, I can't even tell if I'm alive.
                CI (x32010@1)tell you, the high cost of living 
       G (320003@1)                             CAin't (x32010@1)nothin' like the cost of living high.

I tell you, the high cost of living 
       G (320003@1)                             CAin't (x32010@1)nothin' like the cost of living high.

Solo  F (133211@1)  |G    |C  Bb (x1333x@1)|F    |C    |G    |C    |    ||x2 and fade