Intro A E A E Bm7 E 

verse 1 
E 
He drinks orange juice and vodka in the basement while she’s talkin’ 
E                                                   Bm7 
To someone, long distance, for hours and hours on end 
Bm7 
And as he slowly sipping he thinks about his children 
Bm7                                            E 
And the heart attacks that youngest daughters always giving him 
E 
He ain’t smoke no marijuana since he got on with the railroad 
E                                         A 
And he’s been on with the railroad for a long and loathsome while 
A                                    E 
But the day that he retires he will smoke himself to China 
         Bm7                                    A            E 
He will leave behind his worries as he’s racing through the sky 

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verse 2 
E 
She sells Avon to her buddies and saves a little money 
E                                                   Bm7 
On the makeup she’s been using to hide away the years 
Bm7 
And she sits and watches TV usually every evening 
Bm7                                       E 
If there aint some kind of ball game her daughter has to cheer 
E 
She sneaks menthols in the morning while her family’s still a-snoring 
E                                      A 
And as she burns the echoes she looks back at her life 
A                                         E 
That heart she broke in high school he’s singin’ on the Opry 
     Bm7                                         A       E 
She wonders what the hell that she was thinking at the time 


[Refrão]
                 A               E 
Oh the days are dark down in the holler 
        Bm7              E 
Waitin’ for the sun to shine 
        A                 E 
On the back you’ve been breaking 
          Bm7            E 
Trying to earn peace of mind 

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verse 3 
E 
Their youngest daughter Stella she’s been running with this fella 
E                                                          Bm7 
That he can not stand the thought of that he surely does despise 
Bm7 
He’s told her he’d best never see the two of them together 
Bm7                                               E 
But its hard to keep an eye on her when you’re working all the time 
E 
There are things he needs to tend to and the bills the bank keeps sendin’ 
E                                       A 
Lord the zeros on the end keep pushing further to the right 
A                                       E 
Like a freight train haulin’ sorrow and moving ever onward 
             Bm7                                 A      E 
Through the tunnel of forever towards the never ending light 


[Refrão]
                 A               E 
Oh the days are dark down in the holler 
        Bm7              E 
Waitin’ for the sun to shine 
        A                 E 
On the back you’ve been breaking 
          Bm7            E 
Trying to earn peace of mind 
          Bm7            E 
Trying to earn peace of mind