Something I Wrote Today

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
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There's a note upon the door I opened up to 
C                             C                              G 
Says I must vacate, bills are past due, I can't stay, I must go 
C                                     C 
Times have been hard lately, I need a   shot of whiskey 
              G          G 
To soften the   blow 
 


[Refrão]
 (Kind Of) 
     D                        C 
Lord knows I can't afford the drink that I'm drinking now 
       D                       C 
I keep hoping it'll save me or maybe I'll drown 
   D                     C                     C 
My woman says she's just trying to understand 
                      G          G 
The grip it has on my   hand 
 


[Verso 2]
 
G                                    G 
Said, "I'm trying to learn what's in store" 
             C                        C               G 
That was the day she went her way and walked on out the door 
C                         G 
Said I didn't love her anymore 
    C                                            G          G 
She said I'm more in love with the poison that it pours 
 


[Refrão]
 
D                         C 
And it used to burn going down 
   D                         C             D 
As much as I've drank, hell, it's numb now 
     D                    C                 C 
Lord knows if they had an ocean made of rye 
                     (G) 
I'd drink that sucker dry 
 

Interlude 
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[Refrão]
 
D                        C 
I'm a sorry excuse for a man 
           D                         C                  D 
Everything good that I had, I let it slip on through my hand 
     D                               C                   C 
It's hard to hold what you need when your hands are full 
                              G     C                 G 
I believe drinking's took its toll,   I know I should fold 
C                              G 
  But drinking's all I know