Key: G major
Verse 1
F#
B
C#
F#
B
F#
B
C#
B
He said I was
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B
F#
B
fifteen when I first tasted lightening
F#
B
F#
B
From a batch my daddy made himself
F#
A stolen joke for me and the
B
neighbor’s daughter
F#
I wanted her more than I
B
F#
B
feared daddy’s belt
F#
And when the buzzin' took
the place of the burning
That drunk kiss made me burn more
than I ever burned before
B
And it was just enough,
F#
B
just enough, yeah just enough
To want some more
F#
B
Verse 2
C#
B
F#
B
And like a drop of water to a thirsty man
F#
B
Like a postcard picture
F#
B
F#
of the promise land
B
A piece of candy candy from
an old dime store
F#
And it was just enough,
G#m
F#
B
just enough, yeah just enough
To want some more
F#
B
F#
C#
B
F#
Verse 3
And I was up for anything
B
when I was younger
F#
I raised more hell than the
B
devil did himself
F#
But the good lord must've knew
B
I needed an angel
F#
'Cause I was on my way
B
F#
to an early grave or jail
Verse 4
F#
She was a breath of spring
B
F#
B
in a long grin cotton dress
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B
And she looked my way when I
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C#
didn’t know what I was looking for
B
F#
And it was just enough,
B
C#
B
just enough, yeah just enough
F#
To want me some more
B
Verse 5
C#
F#
B
F#
B
Like a sip of whiskey to a drinking man
F#
B
Like a sprinkle of rain
F#
B
F#
on the desert sand
B
A little ray of daylight on
a jailhouse floor
F#
And it was just enough,
G#m
F#
B
just enough, yeah just enough
To want me some more
F#
B
F#
B
Verse 6
F#
Now I’m old and crippled,
and some say, wiser
B
F#
B
I can’t believe how fast
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C#
B
G#m
the years they fly
F#
And the one thing that I've learned
G#m
in all my years of living
F#
Is that you, you never lived
B
F#
enough when you die
Verse 7
B
Like a drop of water to a thirsty man
F#
Like a postcard picture
B
F#
of the promise land
B
A piece of candy candy
from an old dime store
F#
B
And it was just enough, just enough,
F#
B
yeah just enough
F#
It was just enough, just enough,
B
F#
B
yeah just enough
F#
G#m
It was just enough, just enough,
F#
B
yeah just enough
F#
To want me some more
Outro 1
B
C#
B
F#
B
F#
B
F#
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