Drunk Or Dead Chords

Standard Tuning - Capo 2 (chords relative to capo)

Intro Part 1: C
Intro Part 2: C F Am G C F G

C                     F
Little did I know it then

     Am                      G
The pictures on the heads of pins

    C                  F
‘Be easier than living is

G
Easier to watch you die

C                         F
Lost what little luck was left

     Am                    G
It’s not enough to pay the rent

C                     F
Not enough to force repentance

G
Not enough to make you pray

F              G           C        F
And don’t tell me ‘bout the sins of man

Am               G                  C
I’ve felt the sting of God’s right hand

I find him after school in bed
And don’t know if he’s drunk or dead
A slow but steady breath means
Live to wreck another day

It’s terrible to cross my mind
That I should do him in this time
And I could find a better life
Become a burden on the state

You can’t run when it’s all you know
You’ll just have to wait to go

(Guitar just plays C for the bridge)

And you can’t hurt me ‘cause I’ve been true
Your horrid life caught up to you

But I got bruises that you can’t see
If there’s a god, take him from me.

End on C