Higher Lonesome

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste As recorded by Willi Carlisle (From the 2024 Album CRITTERLAND) [Intro] G D Em7 C D G [Verse 1] G D/F# Em7 Turned around in Tidewater all alone in Pueblo C D I've been driving with a death wish down the mountains on my phone G D/F# Em7 Half the places I've been might be laced with psilocybin C D I've been dreaming of a country I saw at the rodeo G D/F# Packed a bowl in the Bojangles Em7 'Cause Tennessee's so cold C D Charlottesville by sundown's a nightmare to behold G D/F# There's an old town dame with a twisty name Em7 I couldn't read it if she wrote it C She's got a black powder revolver D Wants to see if it's still loaded [Chorus 1] C D Em7 I've been called by a higher lonesome C D Em7 Been low as low can be C D You can write it on my tombstone Em7 C Outlaw life looks pretty wholesome D When you pay the price in foolishness D/F# Em7 It takes to get you free C D G D/F# Em7 C D G Higher lonesome, kill the bitter parts of me [Verse 2] G D/F# Co-dependents, SLA, and AL-Anon Em7 They all know how I felt for ya C D I felt it in my guts before two steps in Philadelphia G D/F# With every coin the joiners get Em7 They're farther from the pain of it C D With all the hurtin' that we did, it's a shame no coin will pay for it G D/F# Em7 I think I fell in love again on a walk in city park C D Jodorowsky on the tiny screen and zigzags in the dark G D/F# And I figured I should let it go Em7 Or give it a couple days C It's a ton of bricks in Minneapolis D She don't know my last name [Chorus 2] C D Em7 But I've been called by a higher lonesome C D G Been low as low can be C D You can write it on my tombstone Em7 C Outlaw life looks pretty wholesome D When you pay the price in foolishness D/F# Em7 It takes to get you free C D G D/F# Em7 C D G Higher lonesome killed the bitter parts of me [Verse 3] G D/F# Em7 I saw the darkness coming at me in a Jeff City motel C D There was writing on the mirror said "You messed up so go to hell" G D/F# And Cormier's pills were on me still Em7 And her letter just half-read C D By the time the sun was up I just got breakfast instead G D/F# Em7 I wish I could call the old folks that aren't with us anymore C D I feel granny dancing recklessly at the Floyd county store G D/F# And the artist has his suffering Em7 And the gods will have their pain C By the time the ride is over D I'm sure I'll ask to ride again C D To see the snowfall in Wyoming G D/F# Em7 Strung out on Johno's coke C D Keep a mailbox in Nebraska Em7 So I know that Laura knows C D She can write a letter once a year G G/B Em7 To say that we're still close C D I can put my sins on Benjamin G G/B Em7 Hear the songs he wrote C D See, I don't want to hit rock bottom G G/B Em7 Just to see how deep it goes C D Shine a light on six feet under G Em So I ain't afraid to go C D Prove in fact the end's as lovely as can be G When higher lonesome kills the bitter parts of me C D Em I've been called by a higher lonesome C D G D/F# Higher lonesome, kill the bitter parts of me [Outro] Em C D G