Higher Lonesome

G D Em7 C D G G D/F# Em7 Turned around in Tidewater all alone in Pueblo C D I've been driving with a death wish down the mountains on my phone G D/F# Em7 Half the places I've been might be laced with psilocybin C D I've been dreaming of a country I saw at the rodeo G D/F# Packed a ball of meatball (djangos?) Em7 'Cause Tennessee's so cold C D Charlottesville by sundown's a nightmare to behold G D/F# There's an old town dame with a twisty name Em7 I couldn't read it if she wrote it C She's got a black powder revolver D Wants to see if it's still loaded C D Em7 I've been called by a higher lonesome C D Em7 Been low as low can be C D You can write it on my tombstone Em7 C Outlaw life looks pretty wholesome D When you pay the price in foolishness D/F# Em7 It takes to get you free C D G D/F# Em7 C D G Higher lonesome killed the bitter parts of me G D/F# Co-dependent ? Em7 They all know how I felt for you C D Felt it in my guts before two steps in Philadelphia G D/F# With every coin the joiners get Em7 They're farther from the pain of it C D All the hurting that we did, it's a shame no coin'll pay for it G D/F# Em7 I think I fell in love again on a walk in city park C D ? on the tiny screen and zigzags in the dark G D/F# And I figured I should let it go Em7 Or give it a couple days C It's a ton of bricks in Minneapolis D She don't know my last name C D Em7 But I've been called by a higher lonesome C D G Been low as low can be C D You can write it on my tombstone Em7 C Outlaw life looks pretty wholesome D When you pay the price in foolishness D/F# Em7 It takes to get you free C D G D/F# Em7 C D G Higher lonesome killed the bitter parts of me G D/F# Em7 I saw the darkness coming at me in a Jeff City motel C D There was writing on the mirror said "You messed up so go to hell" G D/F# And (Coromir's?) pills were on me still Em7 And her letter just half-read C D By the time the sun was up I just got breakfast instead G D/F# Em7 I wish I could call the old folks that aren't with us anymore C D I feel granny dancing recklessly at the Floyd county store G D/F# And the artist has his suffering Em7 And the gods will have their pain C By the time the ride is over D I'm sure I'll ask to ride again C D See the snowfall in Wyoming G D/F# Em7 Strung out on (Jano's?) coke C D Keep a mailbox in Nebraska Em7 So I know the Lord knows C D She can write a letter once a year G G/B Em7 To say that we're still close C D I can put my cents on Benjamin G G/B Em7 Hear the songs he wrote C D See, I don't want to hit rock bottom G G/B Em7 Just to see how deep it goes C D Shine a light on six feet under G Em So I ain't afraid to go C D (Proven facted?) is as lovely as can be G When higher lonesome kills the bitter parts of me C D Em I've been called by a higher lonesome C D G D/F# Higher lonesome killed the bitter parts of me Em C D G