High Cost Of Living chords by
Jamey Johnson

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Verse 1

C

C

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I was just a normal guy

Life was just a nine to five

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G

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With bills and pressure piled up to the sky

She never asked, she knew I'd been

Hangin' with my wilder friends

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C

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Looking for some other way to fly

Verse 2

C

C

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And three days straight was no big feat

Could get by with no food or sleep

F

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Em

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Dm

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And crazy was was be_ coming my new norm

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C

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I'd pass out on the bedroom floor

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G

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C

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Sleep right through the calm before the storm

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My

Chorus 1

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F

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life was just an old rou_ tine

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G

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Every day the same damn thing

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C

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I couldn't even tell I was a_ live

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C

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I tell you, the high cost of livin'

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G

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C

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Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high

Verse 3

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C

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That Southern Baptist parking lot

Is where I'd go to smoke my pot

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G

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Sit there in my pickup truck and pray

Staring at that giant cross

Just reminded me that I was lost

C

C

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And it just never seemed to point the way

Verse 4

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C

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As soon as Jesus turned his back

I'd find my way across the track

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Lookin' just to score another deal

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C

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With my back against that damn eight ball

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G

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I didn't have to think or talk or feel

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My

Chorus 2

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life was just an old rou_ tine

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G

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Every day the same damn thing

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I couldn't even tell I was a_ live

C

C

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I tell you, the high cost of livin'

G

G

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C

C

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Bb

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Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high

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C

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Bb

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Verse 5

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My whole life went through my head

Layin' in that motel bed

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G

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Watchin' as the cops kicked in the door

I had a job and a piece of land

My sweet wife was my best friend

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C

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But I traded that for cocaine and a whore

Verse 6

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With my new found sobriety

I've got the time to sit and think

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Of all the things I had and threw a_ way

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This prison is much colder than

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That one that I was locked up in,

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just yesterday

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My

Chorus 3

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life is just an old rou_ tine

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Every day the same damn thing

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C

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Bb

Bb

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F

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Hell I can't even tell if I'm a_ live

C

C

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I tell you, the high cost of livin'

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Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high

I tell you, the high cost of livin'

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C

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Bb

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It ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high

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Bb

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Solo 1

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Bb

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Outro 1

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Fm

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Chords

C
G
F
Em
Dm
Bb
D
Fm

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