I played a new song last night and a fellow performer asked me for the music so I figured I would put it here. This is a rough demo. Lyrics with chords and some tab at the bottom.
Lyrics and Chords
Capo on 4
[C] End the day with a [G/B] stiff drink
My brain [Am] sputters and [G] grinds
[C] Each hospital [G/B] visit is a [Am]courting of [G] time
[C] This bitter [G/B] taste is at least [Am] one that I [G] choose
And the [C] burning in my [G/B] throat isn’t [Am] just from bad [G] news
[Chorus]
[C] They say it’s the [G] hard stuff that will [Am] make you a [F] man
with the [C] causal [G] cruelty, that it’s [Am] part of a god’s [F] plan
Just don’t [C] look down your [G] nose, if I [Am] need one or [F] two
Cause some [C] times showing [G] up is the [Am] best I can [F] do
[C] Start the day with a [G/B] stiff drink
To [Am] de-fuzz up my [F] head
[C] I take mine [G/B] black
cause I’m [Am] hard I [F] guess
[C] hear the creak of the [G/B] boards from the [Am] kitchen [F] floor
With the [C] weight of it [G/B] all, I should [Am] switch to Mellow [F] Corn
[Chorus]
[Dm] Still we walk [G] down the street and [C] don’t know who we [F] pass
[Dm] So consumed [G] with own lives [C] we don’t think to [F] ask
[Dm] Please look up [G] from your phone and [C] tell me do you [F] hear
[Dm] Who that bell tolls for, [G] who was once held dear
[Alt-Chorus]
[C] They say it’s the [G] hard stuff that will [Am] make you a [F] man
But it’s [C] rarely from [G] people whom [Am] tragedy has [F] cast
So I’ll [C] pick up my [G] chin and I’ll [Am] smile at [F] you
Cause some [C] times showing [G] up is the [Am] best we can [F] do
Yeah some [C] times showing [G] up is [Am] all we can [F] do [C]
Tab
Capo on 4, it’s in E but everything is annotated with C-shapes
Intro / Interlude
C G/B Am G
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Verse
C G/B Am G
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Chorus
C G Am F
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Bridge
Dm G C F
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