Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
alone
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D
Is like laying in a graveyard
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D
G
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Wide awake
You're scared that if you cough or yawn
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You might wake up the dead
Em
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So pretend to read a paper
Verse 2
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I'm a stand- up comedian
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The world just seems
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To want folk like me to stand
And the punch- lines seem to disappear
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Like clouds across the sky
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Or could be canned
Verse 3
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Whiskey by the jar
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Verse 4
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Well living with a lying man
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But living with a drunk
Well no- one deserves
And you're looking for your
husband
Verse 5
Their noses are red
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Their drink chose them
Verse 6
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Whiskey by the jar
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At Li ar's Bar
Verse 7
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And the grave-
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The shallowest of graves
Asus4
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The vocal chords of elephants
whiskey"
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Verse 8
Well don't pass buildings with lights on
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G
Chinese restaurant
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And son all my life I've been searching
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The lights outside ever brighter
Verse 9
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Whiskey by the jar
At Liar's Bar
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A
Verse 10
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And he's a world- wide traveler
Em
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D
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But he comes in mighty regular
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For one who's passing through
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Verse 11
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If I look rough I am rough
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If I look broke I am broke
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Just a broke down piece
of man
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Verse 12
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I've turned over enough leaves
To fill an autumn
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I'd be your slave for a decade
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If you took me away from this
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A drink just chose me
Verse 13
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Asus4
Whiskey by the jar
At Liar's Bar
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G
Verse 14
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Well I'm smoking like
a chimney
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And I'm drinking like a fish
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