Todd Snider - Ballad of the devils backbone tavern

O^Cld Miss Virgy te^Anded bar at this sh^Dack out i^Gn the hil^Cls It never made her any mo^Aney boys but p^D7aid of all her bi^Glls Now s^Che must have been 80 years old but her he^Fart was warm And her b^D7eer was cold She ga^Cve away more than she e^Aver sold Smi^Dling a^Gll the t^Cime I^C used to sing off i^An the corner ev^Dery Fr^Giday ni^Cght To a loud crowd of cow^Aboys, b^D7ikers and bar room fi^Gghts They were dri^Cnking beer, carrying on, not a o^Fne of them listening to o^D7ne of my songs But o^Cld Miss Virgy s^Aang along She said she kn^Dew 'em a^Gll by he^Cart And t^Chen one night after clo^Asing she pou^Dred me an^Gother b^Ceer She said "Come on over and sit d^Aown you little s**t I got som^D7ething you need to h^Gear" She said "L^Cife ain't easy getting through ever^Fybody's gonna make things to^D7ugh on you But I can t^Cell you right now if you d^Aig what you do, they will ne^Dver g^Get you do^Cwn"

She said li^Cfe's too short to wo^Arry L^Dife's too lo^Gng to w^Cait T^Coo short not to lo^Ave everybody L^D7ife's too long to h^Gate I meet a l^Cot of men who haggle and finagle all the time Try^Fing to save a nickel maybe m^D7ake a dime N^Cot me, ^Ano sireee, ^DI ain't g^Got the t^Cime

Now ^CI ain't seen Ol' Vi^Argy in m^Dust have been ab^Gout ten yea^Crs I've been bumming aro^Aund this country singing my so^D7ngs for tips and be^Gers Now the ni^Cghts are long

Ho^Ftels stink, and the ^D7pay sucks But ^CI can't dig what I ^Ado enough, so it ne^Dver g^Gets be do^Cwn

I say li^Cfe's too short to wo^Arry L^Dife's too lo^Gng to w^Cait Too short not to lo^Ave everybody L^D7ife's too long to h^Gate I meet a l^Cot of men who haggle and finagle all the time Tr^Fying to save a nickel maybe m^D7ake a dime N^Cot me, n^Ao sireee, ^DI ain't g^Got the t^Cime