Tuning: D A D G B E

Please note: this is a very, very first draft. Darrell Scott's guitar was very advanced and hard to follow but I think there is a way to write simplified versions of his version, which involved heavy noodling. [Intro] A G D A G D [Verse 1]

^AIn the ^Gearly morning ^Dhours ^AJust be^Gfore you're wide ^Dawake ^ABefore you ^Gsummons all your ^Dpowers Em G (D-A) To cover up your big mistake ^AWhen all the ^Gcoulda wo^Dulda beens ^AThey sur^Gvive with the shoulda k^Dnowns And all your ^Arage and angst h^Gillbilly ^Dsins ^EmHave an odor all their ^Gown

[Chorus 1]

^AAw, but it's all rig^Ght, it's ^Bmokay You'll ^Alearn to l^Bmook the ^Gother w^Emay Life is ^Ashort, life is l^Bmong (h

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ey) Get ^Ayour gui^Gtar and ^Dsing this song: G D A G A D A La-da-da-da-da-da-da

[Verse 2]

^ANow you're ^Gkickin' back the ^Dcovers ^AYeah now you're r^Geady to make your st^Dand You never ever r^Aeally ever really ever thought that you were ^Gquite like all the ^Dothers ^EmNo you had promise in your ^Bmhands ^AAnd you s^Gtudied truth and ^Dhonor ^AOh but you just d^Gid not pass the t^Dest Oh, ^Aup in h^Geaven you're a g^Doner ^EmSeems you're as human as the r^Bmest

[Chorus 2]

Yeah, but it's ^Aall right^G, it's o^Bmkay You'll ^Alearn to st^Bmand some o^Gther ^Emway Like on your ^Aknees, or ^Gon your b^Bmack (h

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ey) Take ^Aone last b^Greath and ^Dfade to black G D A G A D A La-da-da-da-die-die-die

[Bridge]

^CNobody said it would be e^Dasy ^CAnd nobody said it ^Ghad to be this

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^EmHard ^BmThis hard

[Solo] ??? [Verse 3]

^AAnd when you're ^Gfloating o'er the ^Dmountain ^AWith the ^Gliving world bel^Dow They're so full of ^Ahope and so ^Gfull of ^Dwanting Em Bm (D-A) Most of which they'll never know ^ABut you have h^Geard the angels ^Dsinging ^AHell they're s^Ginging to you ^Dyet ^ATake the g^Gifts that they are ^Dbringing ^EmThey may be all that you g^Get

[Chorus 3]

Oh but it's all ^Aright,^G it's ^Bmok ^AYou'll be a saint^Bm some other ^Emday Fare thee we^All, a^Bmdios my frie^Emnd G D A D (G-D-A-D) Yeah, we hurt the ones we love the most We h^Gurt the o^Dnes we l^Aove the ^Dmost ? ? ? And we blame it on Hank Williams'... ^D ^A ^G ^A ^B ^A ^Dghost

Darrell Scott - Hank williams ghost