Capo 1 
 
           
           Intro: A G A F G D G D 
 
 
  
            A                G         A  F       G        
	I slipped straight though to 8 am. That same old  
      D                G                 D         
lame alarm excuse just ain?t gonna work again. I light a  
A             G               A           F     G   
marborral for breakfast on my way out the door. That's the  
               D                   G                D 
third day this month I had one too many the night before.  
    F                     G  
And judgin from the past, it won?t be the last. 
 
       A                   Dm                                   
It?s a free fall when your back?s against the  
               G    
wall. When you hit rock bottom and the bottom drops out  
        E                                 A 
how's a man supposed stand tall. Well the high life ain?t  
Dm        G 
my life I can?t walk the line and I damn sure ain?t gonna  
E                              A G A F G D G D              
crawl just livin in a free fall.  
	 
 
 
       A            G          A            F 
With a shovel in my hand and a hammer in my head  
G                 D                       G 
right about now I can think of a thousand things I'd  
            D          A           G        A       F 
rather do instead. I?m diggin this hole for my dignity I  
G                          D                         G 
think I've finally come to understand workin for the man  
             D            F                         G 
ain?t workin for me I can only take so much my only way to  
 
go is up. 
 
	                                                   
 
       A                   Dm 
From a free fall when your back?s  
                           G 
against the wall. When you hit rock bottom and the bottom  
                  E                                 A 
drops out how's a man supposed stand tall. Well the high  
           Dm        G 
life ain?t my life I can?t walk the line and I damn sure  
            E 
ain?t gonna crawl, livin in a free fall. 
  
	Solo: A G A F G D G D 
                                                             
 
        n.c.   A              Dm 
   It?s a free fall when your back?s  
                           G 
against the wall. When you hit rock bottom and the bottom  
                  E                                 A 
drops out how's a man supposed stand tall. Well the high  
           Dm        G 
life ain?t my life I can?t walk the line and I damn sure  
            E 
ain?t gonna crawl just livin in a free fall. 
 
 
 
             Outro: A G A F (x3) A G  End with D