Usually I play this D shape: e | ----0---- | B | ----3---- | G | ----2---- | D | ----0---- | A | ----x---- | E | ----x---- | Intro: G Verse 1: G C When I?m hosed and they're closing in, maybe only then, Em D G really, I?ll try to get right with myself. C So I?ll grope down that ladder again, until I?m tumbling Em D G but really, I just want to slide, I want to crash-land. C While my friend, my associate, he?s a regal man. Em D G He bindles and he twists and ties, gives the reckoning, C and then it?s back on the road again with maybe thirteen grand. Em D G Moralize all you might like, I don't believe in it. Chorus: G C D (You?ve never earned your soul.) I know, D C D (You?ve never earned your soul.) I know, D C D (You?ve never earned your soul.) I know, Em C G D G but I?m gonna try. Verse 2: G C I?m a rich young sophisticate, I?ve got girls and friends. Em D G I?m doing what I really like and getting paid for it. G C There is no key, there?s no plan; I discovered that. Em D G And, truly, I don?t think you'll find a happier man. Chorus Em C G D "....but I'm gonna try." Em C You float up high and it isn?t a sin. G D And there isn?t a hell where we?ll be sent. Em C There?s only now, and there isn?t then. G D G So just breathe it in.