I Ain’t Living Long Like This chords by
Rodney Crowell
Shannon Mcnally

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Am Am 
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A A 
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I looked for trouble and I found it,
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son
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Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
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A A 
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I tried to run but I   don't think I can
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A A 
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"You make one move and you're a dead man,
friend"
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Ain't living long like this
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A A 
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Can't live at all like this, can I, baby?

Verse 2
E E 
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He slipped the handcuffs
on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel rail rack
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They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby
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A A 
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Ain't living long like this

Verse 3
Can't live at all like this, can I, baby?
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Grew up in Houston off of
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Way side Drive
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Son of a carhop and some all night dives
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Dad drove a stock car to an early death
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All I remember was a drunk
man's breath
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Ain't living long like this
A A 
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Can't live at all like this, can I, baby?

Verse 4
E E 
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You know the story how
the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to
the man down town
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Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse, baby
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A A 
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Ain't living long like this
Am Am 
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A A 
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Can't live at all like this, can I,

Interlude 1

baby?

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I live with Angel she's a

Verse 5
A A 
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roadhouse queen
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
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I want to love her but I
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don't know how
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Down on the bottom in
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the jailhouse now
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Ain't living long like this
Am Am 
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Can't live at  all like this,
Am Am 
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can I, baby?
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Verse 6
E E 
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You know the story about
the jailhouse rock
Don't want to do it but just
don't get caught
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They got 'em all in the jailhouse, baby
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A A 
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Am Am 
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Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this, can I,