Am 
I wanna tell you a story 
Dm                      G         Em 
Ain't got no characters in it but me 
Am 
I wanna sing you a sad song 
Dm                  G             Em 
Most of it I don't expect you to believe 

Am 
It starts off just the whiskey and wine 
Dm                             G         Em 
Some miles of travel and some real good times 
Am 
But it ends in a dark corridor 
            Dm                         G         Em 
Where there ain't no windows and there ain't no doors 

            Am 
Well that's me 
        Dm                            G             Em 
Just a' drinkin off this bottle and a'driftin out to sea 
            Am 
Well that's me 
      Dm                         G             Em 
Just a' sittin here starin and a' shakin like a leaf 
            Am 
Well that's me 
        Dm                           G          Em 
Just a' leanin on my shovel in this graveyard o' dreams 
            Am 
Yeah that's me 
        Dm                           G   Em     Am 
Just a' leanin on my shovel in this graveyard o' dreams 

Am 
I wanna take you to a shipwreck 
Dm                    G               Em 
A thousand miles underneath the Black sea 
Am 
Looks like everybody's sleeping 
Dm                      G       Em 
But look close they are dead indeed 
Am 
I wanna lead you to an armchair 
Dm                G              Em 
Deep back in the files of my mind 
Am 
I wanna sit you in the candle's light 
Dm                       G         Em 
Where I've been spendin all o' my time 

Am 
Well that's me 
        Dm                            G             Em 
Just a' drinkin off this bottle is it drinkin' off of me 
            Am 
Well that's me 
      Dm                         G             Em 
Just a'sittin here starin and a' shakin like a leaf 
            Am 
Well that's me 
        Dm                           G          Em 
Just a' leanin on my shovel in this graveyard o' dreams 
            Am 
Yeah that's me 
        Dm                           G   Em     Am 
Just a' leanin on my shovel in this graveyard o' dreams