Capo 2nd Fret (Optional) C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 Old Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills C5 A5 D5 G5 It never made her any money boys but paid of all her bills C5 C5 F5 Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm D5 And her beer was cold C5 A5 She gave away more than she ever sold D5 G5 C5 Smiling all the time ----------------------------------------------------------- C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 I used to sing off in the corner every Friday night C5 A5 D5 G5 To a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights C5 C5 They were drinking beer, carrying on, F5 D5 not a one of them listening to one of my songs C5 A5 But old Miss Virgy was singing along D5 G5 C5 She said she knew 'em all by heart ------------------------------------------------------------- C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 And then one night after closing she poured me another beer C5 A5 She said "Come on over and sit down you little shit D5 G5 I got something you need to hear" C5 C5 She said "Life ain't easy getting through F5 D5 everybody's gonna make things tough on you C5 A5 But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, D5 G5 C5 they will never get you down" ----------------------------------------------------------- C5 A5 She said life's too short to worry D5 G5 C5 Life's too long to wait C5 A5 Too short not to love everybody D5 G5 Life's too long to hate C5 C5 I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time F5 D5 Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 Not me boy no sireee, you know I ain't got the time ----------------------------------------------------------------- C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 Now I ain't seen Ol' Virgy I guess it's been almost eighteen years. C5 A5 D5 G5 I've been bumming around this country singing my songs for tips and beers C5 Now the nights are long C5 The travelin's tough F5 D5 Hotels stink, and the pay sucks C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 But I can't dig what I do enough, so it never gets me down -------------------------------------------------------------- C5 A5 I say life's too short to worry D5 G5 C5 Life's too long to wait C5 A5 Too short not to love everybody D5 G5 Life's too long to hate C5 C5 I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time F5 D5 Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime C5 A5 D5 G5 C5 Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time
