Am E
wine , women , and song
F C E Am
i tried them all it did not take me long
E F C
to figure i’d unlocked the door to happiness
E Am E
i figured wrong with a capital “r”
F C E Am
all the baggage i brought wouldn’t fit in a mid – size car
E F
that’s why i’m walking on eggshells down the via dolorosa
C E F
hasn’t got me any closer so far
G F E7
shacked up with a poet , found it wasn’t my department
F G F D7
now i study the poetry of the studio apartment
F G
changing the catbox and baking the bread
F E7
i should have been paying the bills instead
F G Am
of paying homage to an image drawn from somebody else’s head
2x : Am , G , F , E
Am
song , women , and wine
G F
you can’t fool all the people all the time
F
but if you’re trying , if you’re looking , if you’re lucky
E Am
you can always fool a few and feel fine ,
Am
is the line between shame and dread
G
one grips the lungs one brains the head
F E Am
but either one can crush , anyone can crush you
G F E Am
once i dated an actor , she was working on a play
G F E Am
by opening night , we had nothing left to say
G
we hit the wall , it was not resilient
F E
she said that she was hungrier than i was brilliant
Am G F E
and who the hell was i to disagree?
Am E Am
didn’t you used to be someone who meant something to me?
E Am
somebody who meant something to me
E Am
someone who meant something to me
2x : Am , E , F , C , E
Am E
wine , women , and song
F C E Am
i tried them all it did not take me long
E F C
to figure i’d unlocked the door to happiness
E Am
i figured wrong
thanks to this wonderful youtube clip :
also – the part that goes “didn’t you used to be . . . ” i have no real clue how to figure
one out . what i have there is just a super – simple version .
Am E
wine , women , and song
F C E Am
i tried them all it did not take me long
E F C
to figure i’d unlocked the door to happiness
E Am E
i figured wrong with a capital “r”
F C E Am
all the baggage i brought wouldn’t fit in a mid – size car
E F
that’s why i’m walking on eggshells down the via dolorosa
C E F
hasn’t got me any closer so far
G F E7
shacked up with a poet , found it wasn’t my department
F G F D7
now i study the poetry of the studio apartment
F G
changing the catbox and baking the bread
F E7
i should have been paying the bills instead
F G Am
of paying homage to an image drawn from somebody else’s head
2x : Am , G , F , E
Am
song , women , and wine
G F
you can’t fool all the people all the time
F
but if you’re trying , if you’re looking , if you’re lucky
E Am
you can always fool a few and feel fine ,
Am
is the line between shame and dread
G
one grips the lungs one brains the head
F E Am
but either one can crush , anyone can crush you
G F E Am
once i dated an actor , she was working on a play
G F E Am
by opening night , we had nothing left to say
G
we hit the wall , it was not resilient
F E
she said that she was hungrier than i was brilliant
Am G F E
and who the hell was i to disagree?
Am E Am
didn’t you used to be someone who meant something to me?
E Am
somebody who meant something to me
E Am
someone who meant something to me
2x : Am , E , F , C , E
Am E
wine , women , and song
F C E Am
i tried them all it did not take me long
E F C
to figure i’d unlocked the door to happiness
E Am
i figured wrong
thanks to this wonderful youtube clip :
also – the part that goes “didn’t you used to be . . . ” i have no real clue how to figure
one out . what i have there is just a super – simple version .
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