[Estrofa]
Am                               
Sometimes I don't know where this
      Dm 
 dirty road is taking me 
Sometimes I don't know where this dirty road is taking me 
    Am                         
Sometimes I don't even know the
       Em 
 reason why 
Sometimes I don't even know the reason why 
  Am 
I guess I'll keep a'gambling 
        Dm 
Lots of booze and lots of rambling 
     Am                Em      
It's easier than just a-waitin'
         Am 
 around to die
It's easier than just a-waitin' around to die
[Estrofa]
Am                          Dm 
One-time friends I had a ma, I even
 had a pa 
One-time friends I had a ma, I even had a pa 
    Am                            
He beat her with a belt once cause
     Em 
 she cried 
He beat her with a belt once cause she cried 
  Am 
She told him to take care of me 
        Dm 
She headed down to Tennessee 
      Am               Em      
It's easier than just a-waitin'
           Am 
 'round to die
It's easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die
[Estrofa]
Am                                 
I came of age and found a girl in a
    Dm 
 Tuscaloosa bar 
I came of age and found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar 
    Am                              
She cleaned me out and hit it on the
  Em 
 sly 
She cleaned me out and hit it on the sly 
  Am 
I tried to kill the pain 
        Dm 
I bought some wine and hopped a train
 
I bought some wine and hopped a train 
     Am                Em        
Seemed easier than just a-waitin'
       Am 
 'round to die
Seemed easier than just a-waitin' 'round to die
[Estrofa]
Am                                   
A friend said he knew where some easy
  Dm 
 money was 
A friend said he knew where some easy money was 
    Am                            
We robbed a man and brother did we
    Em 
 fly 
We robbed a man and brother did we fly 
  Am 
The posse caught up with me 
        Dm 
Drug me back to Muskogee 
     Am                Em          
It's two long years, just a-waitin'
     Am 
 'round to die
It's two long years, just a-waitin' 'round to die
[Estrofa]
Am                               
Now I'm out of prison, I got me a
      Dm 
 friend at last 
Now I'm out of prison, I got me a friend at last 
    Am                             
He don't steal or cheat or drink or
   Em 
 lie 
He don't steal or cheat or drink or lie 
  Am 
His name's codeine 
        Dm 
He's the nicest thing I've seen 
     Am                Em           
Together we're gonna wait around and
    Am 
 die
Together we're gonna wait around and die