(verse 1) G You ask me if I'm happy now D That's good as any joke I've heard It seems that since I've seen you last G I done forgot the meaning of the words If happiness is empty rooms And drinkin' in the afternoon G Well I suppose I'm happy as a clam D But if it's got a thing to do With smilin' of forgettin' you G Well I don't guess that I could say I am G Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone D Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper G He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants C Because he's never seen a single dream come true D That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling from the bottle to the bottom stool by stool G Learnin' hard to live with losin' you (verse 2) You wonder if I'm better off With freedom now to do the things I choose With all my times my own and I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to lose There's no one here to carry on If I stay out the whole night long Or give a tankerous damn if I don't call I'm livin' like I wanted to And doin' things I wanna do And nothin' means a thing to me at all (chorus) G Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone D Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper G He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants C Because he's never seen a single dream come true D That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling from the bottle to the bottom stool by stool G - D - G Learnin' hard to live with losin' you