Intro: e|-------------------0---| B|---7-------9-----5---5-| G|-7---7---9---9---------| D|---------------9-------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| x3 From the way the intro is played, it seems like these are the fingerings he's using... D: 557775 E: 779997 (Of course, since this is E, you can leave the E strings open sometimes) A: x07650 Bass lead in: (E|-0---2---4...) Verse: (Throughout the song, different little two-note pickings are added to the ends of lines, just improvise using the fingerings above and sometimes hammering up to fret 7 on the B string when on the A chord)

^AIt's ok... you can take a condom ^AIt's ok... you can ^Dtake a Vouchex(?) ^AIt's ok... you can get an abortion D E A (Intro riff plays during this progression) And then, Keep on...keepin' on ^D Keep on.^E..keepin' on ^A

^AIt's ok... you can take a Prilosec ^AIt's ok... you can ^Dtake Vioxin ^AIt's ok... you can get a quadruple bipass and then ^DKeep on.^E..keepin' on ^A D E A ... E Keep on...keepin' on

Chorus:

^DYou are... never a^Alone ^DYou are... never a^Alone ^DYou are... never a^Alone E You------ are------

(E|-0---2---4) (Brief interlude in A)

^AIt's ok... in moderation ^AIt's ok...^D cuttin' down ^AIt's ok... you can quit tomorrow But for ^Dnow, keep on.^E..keepin' on ^A D E A (Here he jumps up to a xx[11]9[10]9 fingering) keep on...keepin' on

A...E e|-----9----9----9----9--0-0-0--|(let this one ring) B|-[10]-[10]-[10]-[10]--9-9-9---| (E|-0---2---4)

^AIt's ok... you can take the bible ^AIt's ok...^D you can be saved ^AIt's ok... you can be forgiven And for ^Dnow keep on.^E..keepin' on ^A for ^Dnow keep on.^E..keepin' on ^A

Chorus:

^DYou are... never a^Alone ^DYou are... never a^Alone ^DYou are... never a^Alone E You------ are------ x2

Hold the last strum on "are" and let it fade. --Tristan Bowersox

Vic Chesnutt - You are never alone