Townes van Zandt - Waitin around to die

Somet^C#mimes I don't know where this dirty r^F#moad is taking me somet^C#mimes I can't even see the reason ^G#7why I gu^C#mess I keep a-gamblin' lots of b^F#mooze and lots of ramblin' it's e^C#masier than just ^G#7waitin' around to^C#m die

^C#mOne-time friends I had a ma, ^F#mI even had a pa He b^C#meat her with a belt once cause she c^G#7ried She told^C#m him to take care of me She headed^F#m down to Tennessee It's e^C#masier than just a-^G#7waitin' 'round to ^C#mdie

^C#mI came of age and found a girl in a ^F#mTuscaloosa bar She ^C#mcleaned me out and hit it on the sl^G#7y I ^C#mtried to kill the pain I bought some ^F#mwine and hopped a train Seemed ^C#measier than just a-^G#7waitin' 'round to ^C#mdie

^C#mA friend said he knew where some ^F#measy money was We r^C#mobbed a man and brother did we ^G#7fly The ^C#mposse caught up with me Drug me ^F#mback to Muskogee It's ^C#mtwo long years, just a-^G#7waitin' 'round to ^C#mdie

^C#mNow I'm out of prison, I ^F#mgot me a friend at last ^C#mHe don't steal or cheat or drink or ^G#7lie His ^C#mname's codeine He's the ^F#mnicest thing I've seen To^C#mgether we're gonna ^G#7wait around and ^C#mdie To^C#mgether we're gonna ^G#7wait around and ^C#mdie