The Week of Living Dangerously Steve Earle A Well I got outa work and I headed for the neighborhood beer joint E A I sat around and had a beer with the boys like I always do D A Well I didn’t have nothin’ to say and well there aint no point E A There’s something about a Monday that always makes me blue A A Well it was way after dark so I knew my wife and kids were waitin’ E A And I guess I took a left where I generally take a right D A Well I filled ‘er up with gas and checked the oil at the Texaco station E A I threw the car seat into the dumpster and headed out into the night BRIDGE D G A Woooo-ooo-oo-oo blue mood. (moon?) E A There’s somethin’ ‘bout a Monday that always makes me blue E A Well I headed south on 35 hell bent for Baudo(?) E A I’d never had the truck up past 75 before D A Well there’s something ‘bout that little red line always looked so final E A Buddy you’d be surprised how fast a Chevrolet truck can go E A Now in Mexico they got a little place called Boy’s Town E A Where a man is still a man if you know what I’m talkin’ about D A Well I walked into the Cadillac Bar and I laid my cash down E A I said “There’s plenty more where that came from.” And the lights went out BRIDGE D G A Woooo-ooo-oo-oo blue mood. (moon?) E A There’s somethin’ ‘bout a Monday that always makes me blue Instrumental break E E A A E E A A D D A A E E A A E A Well I woke up in the county jail across the line in Laredo E A I had a headache and the deputy was a starin’ at me through the door D A He said “how you got across that river alive I don’t know, E A But you wife just made your bail so now your in her debt for sure.” E A Now my wife she called my boss and she lied so I got my job back E A And the boys down at the plant they whisper and stare at me D A Well my wife she finds a lot of little jobs to keep me on the right track E A That’s a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously D G A Woooo-ooo-ooo-oo blue me E A That’s a small price to pay for a week of living dangerously E E A A E E A A D D A A E E A A