__________________________________________________________________________________ THE COMPANY I KEEP Intro: Cadd9, G G D Cadd9 G My Mama told me, your life is such a wreck Cadd9 G Your dumber than dogshit is what my Daddy said Cadd9 G Cadd9 I was just thirteen when they showed me the door G D Cadd9 G I keep their picture but don't look at it no more G D Cadd9 G My first wife told me, you need to get a life Cadd9 G My third wife told me to get another wife Cadd9 G Cadd9 I brought a bottle and the van's parked right outside the door G D Cadd9 G So come on darling, if you want to be number 4 Cadd9 G Sometimes I feel like shit Cadd9 D Sometimes it ain't half of it Cadd9 G Cadd9 Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep G D Cadd9 G Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep G D Cadd9 G Ain't held down no job since 1984 Cadd9 G I get by holding up convenience stores Cadd9 G Cadd9 I get by on liquor, guns and luck G D Cadd9 G But I'm scared to death which one might run out first Cadd9 G Sometimes I feel like shit Cadd9 D Sometimes it ain't half of it Cadd9 G Cadd9 Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep G D Cadd9 G Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep G D Cadd9 G I seen my past in everything that I despise Cadd9 G I've seen my future and I'm scared to close my eyes Cadd9 G Cadd9 Is that my ghost that I see in my fears Cadd9 D G Cadd9 Or just my reflection in my Mama's tears Cadd9 G Sometimes I feel like shit Cadd9 D Sometimes it ain't half of it Cadd9 G Cadd9 Sometimes I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep G D Cadd9 G Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep G D Cadd9 G Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep Cadd9 G I pray the Lord, my soul to keep