James McMurtry - Fast as i can acoustic

^N.C. He was a drinking man with a guitar ^Aproblem ^E Didn't have a dollar to his ^Bname ^E He didn't seem to mind that all that ^Aoften ^E He mostly took whatever ca^Bme And if it came too ^Alate, or it came to ^Bnothing ^E He'd swear beneath his ^Abreath There's gotta be ^Esomething to^Esus4 it ^{E Esus4} There's gotta ^Ebe something^Esus4 to it ^E

^N.C. She lost her mind and she never miss^Aed it ^E Folks all said she'd never l^Bearn ^E She'd take the path of least resistan^Ace ^E Right to the point of no r^Beturn Apprehended on occa^Asion, got off easy e^Bvery time ^E Said there's gotta be s^Aomething to it, something to it Don't know why el^Ese you'd wan^Esus4na, pu^Et ^Esus4yourself through it

Well, the ^Bnights are gettin' ^Ecolder, ^B restless as the ^Ewind ^B I'll be comin' ^Eover, ^Afast as I c^Ban, ^Afast as I ^Ecan

^N.C. Well, he had some lines, but he neve^Ar used them ^E She didn't need much talkin'^B to ^E And he thought he'd died and gone to ^AHouston ^E By the time the dawn burne^Bd off the dew And it lit right up^A, like Roman candles^B, like fire and gasoline ^E And there must have bee^An something to it, something to it Didn't mess aroun^Ed, they had ^Esus4to get^E r^Esus4ight to it

^N.C. So for a while they carried on like ^Arabbits ^E They''d disappear for days a^Bnd nights ^E You might say they learned, each othe^Ar''s habits ^E You might say that became ^Btheir life And life wasn''t lo^Ang, life wasn''t eas^By ^E Life wasn''t cheap, lif^Ae wasn''t fair And there might h^Eave been som^Esus4ething^E t^Esus4o it, something to it