Fred Eaglesmith - Alcohol and pills

^F#mHank Williams, he^D came up from Montgommery with a ^Eheart full of broken country ^F#msongs. ^F#mNashville and Tennessee ^Ddidn't really understand him, 'cause h^Ee did things differently than the ^F#mway that they were done. When he ^F#mfinaly made it to the Grand ol' Ophry, h^De made it stand still, he ^Eended up on alcohol and^F#m pills.

^F#mElvis Presley, ^Dhe came up from Jackson with a ^Ebrand new way of singin' lord and a ^F#mbrand new way of dancin - and even from the waist up, lord, he ^Dgave the world a thrill - he ^Eended up on alcohol and p^F#mills.

^Aalcohol and pills, i^Et's a cryin shame, you'd ^Bmthink they might've been happy with the g^Dlory and the fame, ^Abut fame doesn't take away the pain, it ^Ejust pays the bills and you ^Bmwind up on a^Dlcohol and ^F#mpills.

^F#mJanis Joplin, s^Dhe was wild and reckless and^E then there was Graham Parsons, lord, and t^F#mhen there was Jimi Hendrix. ^F#mThe story just goes on and on and I g^Duess it allways will, they ^Eended up on alcohol and ^F#mpills.

^Aalcohol and pills, i^Et's a cryin shame, you'd ^Bmthink they might've been happy with the g^Dlory and the fame, ^Abut fame doesn't take away the pain, it ^Ejust pays the bills and you ^Bmwind up on a^Dlcohol and ^F#mpills.

^Bmsometimes somebody just^F#m doesn't wake up one day, so^Bmmetimes it's a heart attack someti^Emes they just don't say. but they p^F#mulled poor old Hank Williams out of a Ca^Dddilac Coupe Deville, he e^Ended up on alcohol and p^F#mills.

^Aalcohol and pills, i^Et's a cryin shame, you'd ^Bmthink they might've been happy with the g^Dlory and the fame, ^Abut fame doesn't take away the pain, it ^Ejust pays the bills and you ^Bmwind up on a^Dlcohol and ^F#mpills.

and you ^Bmwind up on a^Dlcohol and ^F#mpills.