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"Life Ain't Fair and the World is Mean" Sturgill Simpson High Top Mountain (2013) Intro: B7 A7 E E |-------------------------|----------------------------|-------| B |-------------------------|----------------------------|-------| G |-------------------------|----------------------------|-------| D |-------------------------|----------------------------|-------| A |-----------------0-------|--2-----------0-------------|-------| E |--0--3-----4-------------|-----------------------3b---|--0----| Verse 1:
Well that Elabel man said son now can you sing a little bit more clear Your Evoice might be too genuine and your song's a little too sincere Can you Esing a little more about outlaws and the A7way things used to Ebe E (once) B7 (once) (fill 1) He told me you just worry about writing them songs leaving everything else to me
Verse 2:
Daddy Ewas a Highwayman but he never wrote any old country songs EPapaw never stayed out raising hell til the break of dawn But he Eraised a proud coal miners daughter and I'm A7proud to be her Eson E (once) B7 (once) (fill 2) She told me boy I don't care if you hit it big, cause you’re already #1
Chorus:
That's the way it A7goes in this day & Eage You Eain't gotta read between the lines you just gotta turn the B7page Well the most A7outlaw thing that I've ever done was Egive a good woman a ring But that's the way it Egoes, life ain't B7fair and the world is Emean
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Well I still Egot the wife and the dog but I swapped the truck out for a van Gonna Ehit the road find the end of that long white line in the promise land Won’t Ehear my song on the radio cause that A7new sounds all the Erage E B7 (once) (fill 2) But you can always find me in a smokey bar with bad sound and a dim lit stage
Chorus:
That's the way it A7goes in this day & Eage You Eain't gotta read between the lines you just gotta turn the B7page Well the most A7outlaw thing that I've ever done was Egive a good woman a ring But that's the way it Egoes, life ain't B7fair and the world is Emean E B7 (fill 3) But that's the way it goes, life ain't fair and the world is mean
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