THE COMPANY I KEEP - DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G C My Mama told me, "Your life is such a wreck" G C "You're dumber than dog shit", is what my Daddy said G C G I was just thirteen when they showed me the door D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I keep their picture but don't look at it no more G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G C My first wife told me, you need to get a life G C My third wife told me to get another wife G C G I brought a bottle and the van's parked right out-side the door D Cadd9 G So come on out with me, if you wanna be number four CHORUS C G Sometimes I feel like shit D Sometimes that ain't half of it C G C G Some-times I'm so high I'm scared to go to sleep D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G C Ain't held down a job since nineteen-eighty-four G C I get by holding up convenience stores G C G And I get by on liquor, guns, and luck D Cadd9 G But I'm scared to death which one might run out first [REPEAT CHORUS] G Cadd9 G G D Cadd9 G C I see my past in every-thing that I de-spise G C I've seen my future and I'm scared to close my eyes G C G Is that my ghost that I see in my fears D Cadd9 G Or just my re-flection in my Mama's tears [REPEAT CHORUS] G D Cadd9 G C Sometimes I'm lower than the company I keep D Cadd9 G Cadd9 G I pray the Lord, my soul to keep
