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Waiting Around To Die - The Be Good Tanyas [Original by Townes Van Zandt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0SmXVrLlZ4 Arranged for easier playing on Solo guitar [covers some of the bass parts by chord inversions, with some banjo notes added] [Travis picking] fingerstyle or strumming Capo 3 4/4 shuffle Em 0220xx A2/E 002[0h2]xx A7s2/E 00200x A7s2/G 30200x [g] note in Walkdown A7s2/F# 20200x [f#] note in Walkdown [recording: Em2s4 x04xxx] Em 0220xx [e] Em/F# [h2]220xx [recording: Emadd2 0240xx] B7 x2120x Am/E 00221x Emb13 0220[h1]x [or 0[h3]20xx ] A2adde/E 0022x0 [Hook]
EmA2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em [3x] [Verse 1] EmSometimes I don't know where this dirty A2/Eroad is taking me Am/E A2/E Em Sometimes I don't know B7 the reason why So I Emguess I'll keep a-gamblin' lots of bA2/Eooze and lots of ramblin' Am/E A2/E But it's Emeasier than just a-B7waitin' around Em to die
[Hook] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em [Verse 2]
EmOh one time, friends, I had a ma A2/E I even had a pa Am/E A2/E He Embeat her with a belt once 'cause B7 she cried She told Emhim to take care of me she A2/Eheaded down to Tennessee Am/E A2/E But it's Emeasier than just a-B7waitin' around Em to die
[Hook] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em Em [Verse 3]
EmThen I came of age and I found a girl in a A2/ETuscaloosa bar Am/E A2/E She Emcleaned me out and she hit in on the B7sly Well I Emtried to kill the pain, I bought soA2/Eme wine and hopped a train Am/E A2/E Well it's Emeasier than just a-B7waitin' around Em to die
[Hook] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em Em [Verse 4]
EmAnd a friend said he knew where someA2/E easy money was Am/E A2/E We Emrobbed a man, and brother did we B7fly But the Emposse caught up with me and they A2/E drug me back to Mus-ko-gee Am/E A2/E And now it's Emtwo long years aB7-waitin' around toEm die
[Hook] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Emb13 A2adde/E A2/E Em [Verse 5]
EmNow I'm out of prison and I A2/E got me a friend at last Am/E A2/E And Emhe don't steal or cheat or drink or B7lie Well his Emname is "Codine" he's the A2/Enicest thing I've seen Am/E A2/E And to-Emgether we're gonna B7wait around Em to die
[Hook] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em [Harmonica solo] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em A2adde/E A2adde/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Emb12 [Outro] A2/E A2/E A7s2/E A7s2/G A7s2/F# Em Em/F# Em [x5]