G 
I COULD TELL HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE,  
           F 
BY THE WAY HE SAT AND STARED 
C 
AND ME, I'D COME TO PUSH AND SHOVE,  
     G 
SO I PULLED UP I CHAIR 
 
G 
WE TALKED OF ROADS UNTRAVELED,  
   G 
WE TALKED OF LOVE UNTRUE 
   C 
OF STRINGS THAT COME UNRAVELED,  
              G 
WE WERE KINGS AND KINDRED FOOLS 
 
    Am7  
AND JUST WHEN I HIT BOTTOM,  
     D 
THAT OLD MAN RAISES HIS GLASS. 
                  Am7 
AND SAID AT LEAST WE'VE HAD OUR CHANCES,   
       D 
THERES THOSE WHO NEVER HAVE 


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   C                      D            G            D      C 
SO HERES TO ALL THE SOLDIERS, WHO HAVE EVER DIED IN VANE 
    Am7                      D           G 
THE INSANE LOCKED UP IN THEMSELVES, THE HOMLESS DOWN ON MAIN 
   C                        D           G          D           C 
TO THOSE WHO STAND ON EMPTY SHORES, AND SPIT AGAINST THE WIND 
    Am7                D          C                D     G
AND THOSE WHO WAIT FOREVER,  FOR SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN.
 
 
G 
HE SAID ITS ONLY LIFES ILLUSIONS, 
     F 
THAT BRING US TO THIS BAR 
C 
TO PICK UP THESE OLD CRUTCHES, 
    G 
AND COMPARE EACH OTHERS SCARS 
 
 
G 
CAUSE THE THING WERE CALLING HEARTACHE,  
      F 
HELL, THERE HARLDLY WORTH OUR TIME  
     C 
WE'D BITCH ABOUT A DOLLAR, 
     G 
WHEN THERES THOSE WITHOUT A DIME 
 
      Am7 
AS HE ORDERED ONE LAST ROUND HE SAID, 
  D 
I GUESS WE CAN'T COMPLAIN 
         Am7 
GOD MADE LIFE A GAMBLE 
         D   
AND WERE STILL IN THE GAME