Drive By Truckers - When The Well Runs Dry

when the well runs dry
drive – by truckers
B – side

tab by al byrne

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theres a sacrifice you make
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there are people along the way
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when theres nowhere to run and theres nowhere to stay
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and the wheels still move
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but wont slow down
Dm Am
even when youre spinning in the same soft ground
Am
and theres a tear in her eye
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because shes known you too long
Dm Am
and she cant tell the singer from the whorehouse song

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when the well runs dry
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theres nothing left to say
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just throw up your hands and wail all day
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and everythings fair
C
and you dont like it that way
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something has to die
Am
when the well runs dry

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theres a dancer i used to get
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by giving her cigarettes
Dm Am
she told me that i hadnt quite hurt enough yet
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so i let her do me wrong
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but not for very long
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then i put her in the mirror and i put her in a song

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when the well runs dry
C
theres nothing left to say
Dm Am
throw up your hands and wail all day
Am
and everythings fair
C
and you dont like it that way
Dm
something has to die
Am
when the well runs dry

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sitting here at the top your will is getting weak
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you let my mind get fattened up
C Dm Am
now im quiet and i aint supposed to speak
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ill speak up when ive had enough

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a singer we used to know
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he let himself go
Dm Am
played 15 minutes of a sold out show
Am
and everybody laughed
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in the aftermath
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and he never came back
Am
no he never came back

Am
when the well runs dry
C
theres nothing left to say
Dm Am
throw up your hands and wail all day
Am
and everythings fair
C
and you dont like it that way
Dm
something has to die
Am
when the well runs dry

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