High Cost Of Living chords by Jamey Johnson (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(C major) (C major) (C major) (C major)
(C major) (C major) (C major) (C major)
Verse 1
(C major) I was just a normal guy
Life was just a nine to five
With bills and pressure piled up to the sky (G major)
She never asked, she knew I'd been
Hangin' with my wilder friends
Looking for some other way to fly (C major)
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Verse 2
And (C major) three days straight was no big feat
Could get by with no food or sleep
And (F major) crazy was was be (C/E) coming my new (D minor) norm
I'd (C major) pass out on the bedroom floor
(G major) Sleep right through the calm before the storm (C major)
(B flatsus2) My
Chorus 1
(F major) life was just an old routine
(G major) Every day the same damn thing
I (C major) couldn't even tell (B flatsus2) I was alive (F major)
I tell you, (C major) the high cost of livin'
Ain't (G major) nothing like the cost of livin' high (C major)
Verse 3
That (C major) Southern Baptist parking lot
Is where I'd go to smoke my pot
Sit there in my pickup truck and pray (G major)
Staring at that giant cross
Just reminded me that I was lost
And it just never seemed to point the way (C major)
Verse 4
As (C major) soon as Jesus turned his back
I'd find my way across the track
(F major) Lookin' just to score (C/E) another (D minor) deal
With my (C major) back against that damn eight ball
I (G major) didn't have to think or talk (C major) or feel
(B flatsus2) My
Chorus 2
(F major) life was just an old routine
(G major) Every day the same damn thing
I (C major) couldn't even tell (B flatsus2) I was alive (F major)
I tell you, (C major) the high cost of livin'
Ain't (G major) nothing like the cost of livin' high (C major) (B flat major)
(C major) (C major) (B flat major)
Verse 5
(C major) My whole life went through my head
Layin' in that motel bed
Watchin' as the cops kicked in the door (G major)
I had a job and a piece of land
My sweet wife was my best friend
But I traded that for cocaine and a whore (C major)
Verse 6
With (C major) my new found sobriety
I've got the time to sit and think
Of all (F major) the things I had (C/E) and threw a (D minor) way
This (C major) prison is much colder than
That (G major) one that I was locked up in,
just (C major) yesterday
(B flatsus2) My
Chorus 3
(F major) life is just an old routine
(G major) Every day the same damn thing
Hell (C major) I can't even tell (B flatsus2) if I'm alive (F major)
I tell you, (C major) the high cost of livin'
Ain't (G major) nothing like the cost of livin' high (C major)
I tell you, the high cost of livin'
It ain't (G major) nothing like the cost of livin' high (C major) (B flat major)
(C major) (C major) (B flat major)
Solo 1
(F major) (G major) (C major) (B flatsus2) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (C major) (B flatsus2)
(F major) (G major) (C major) (B flatsus2) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (C major) (B flatsus2)
(F major) (G major) (C major) (B flatsus2) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (C major) (C major) (B flatsus2)
Outro 1
(F major) (G major) (C major) (D7)
(F minor) (C/G) (G major) (C major)
High Cost Of Living
Jamey Johnson
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