By the Side of the road, dressed to kill
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Intro : G C G G C G C
G
You just can't trust them pretty girls
D
They're only here to wreck your world
Am G
And make sure you never get to sleep at night.
G
I don't know the reasons why
D
They all wanna hang you out to dry
Am G
Till'you ain't got strength enough left to fight
Am Em
Oh but I'm in trouble
C G Am Em
Like I know you're bound to get in trouble too And I know that it won't be long
F D
Before the man_you love is loving someone new
G D Am
I walked up to the river bridge and Stood myself up on the 1edge and Screamed out
G
To everyone:; let me be."
G
I got me a worried mind
D
Gonna find me a worried kind
Am G
Of girl, who?s lonesome just like me
Am Em C G Am
And I know I'm just one of your poor boys That you swore you'd never leave behind . And I
Em
Can see right through you
F D
And I know that you're not my kind
G D Am G
G D Am G
Am Em C G
Am Em F D
G
Now all my money's gone
D
To someplace that it don't belong
Am G
I'm singing the brok~n-down-poorboy blues
G
I ain't got nothing to my name
D Am G
But nothing is my favorite game to play Cause there's never anything to lose .
Am Em
And I know that I'm in trouble
C G Am Em
Like I know you're bound to get in trouble too And I know that it won't be long
F D
Before the man_you love is loving someone new .
G D Am G
G D Am (pause) G
How to play By the Side of the road, dressed to kill
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