Key: D minor
Verse 1
Am
G
C
D
Sixteen years, sixteen years
Am
D
C
With a second born son in my head
D
Am
Wife got some kind of
trouble with the breathing
Am
C
D
Down on the line from nine till five
C
D
Am
D
Sixteen years, sixteen years
C
D
Am
D
I used up all my paid vacation
Am
C
I burned every last cent
D
Am
Down on my knees at the side of the bed
D
Am
Where my sweet little
C
D
angel lay
D
Am
When I can't even comprehend
C
D
it is enough
A
Am
To make you God -fearing man
Disregard a bad decision
D
Am
D
when it comes surfacing up
F
G
Roll to your friend, never mean a damn
F
G
Counting out dollars versus
days on the job
Am
G
Truth is I'm gettin' tired of believin'
A
Am
C
after 16 years?
D
Am
Em
D
If it happened just the way I planned it,
Am
C
And it had gone down without a hitch
D
Am
Just walk up the steps
to the former's desk
D
Am
And give him something he won't forget
C
D
Am
And run out the back
Am
C
In his truck in the alley on the side
D
A
Am
But when I slammed through the doors
I didn't hear an engine
D
A
Am
C
D
Just a stop and then flashing lights
F
G
Wrong to your family, never meant it, damn
Am
G
Truth is, I'm getting tired of believing
F
G
Boy, you're shy of a
twenty -year pension
Am
D
Am
after 16 years?
D
Am
D
Am
D
F
G
Rolled into a family never met a damn
F
G
Countin' out dollars versus
days on the job
Am
G
Truth is, I'm gettin' tired of believin'
F
G
Four -year shot of a
twenty -year pension
Am
D
A
Am
after sixteen years?
D
A
Am
D
Am
C
D
Am
D
Am
C
D
D
Am
D .A. says take a plea
D
Am
Cause there ain't no
jury in DeSoto County
D
Am
That's gonna sympathize with me
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