Intro: C  G  Am  F      G  ( G )   (x2)

C      G      Am      F                        G      (
Lately I,       I been headin' for a                   
 G )
breakdown
C      G            Am         F               
Everytime I leave my house, it feels just like a 
   G      ( G )
shakedown            Between the
Am                    G               F            C 
Streetsweepers and the pushers are the lawyers who 
           G      ( G )
may as well be butchers      Between the
Am                    G               F            C 
Small timing            Hustlers     who all    seem 
           G      ( G )
to feed upon eachother

F            C            G
Oh            God, why you been
F            C            G
Hangin out in the ol'        violin      While I've 
been
F            C            G                        C 
Waitin                         for you…      to pull 
     G      Am      F      G      ( G )
me through

C      G      Am      F                        G      (
Lately I      Everytime                   I try to lie 
 G )
down
C         G               Am                   F     
Well my mind just gets away, I can't even close my 
       G      ( G )
eyes now            Between the
Am        G                   F               
Big Fish ambition and the lovers using words as 
C                G           ( G )
ammunition            Between the
Am                    G                F        
Wood planks I've been pacing and these impossible 
    C            G      ( G )
dreams I been chasin'

F            C            G
Oh            God, why you been
F            C            G
Hangin out in the ol'        violin      While I've 
been
F            C            G                        C 
Waitin                         for you…      to pull 
     G      Am      F      G      ( G )
me through

C      G      Am      F      G      ( G )

F            C            G
Oh            God
F            C            G
Oh            God
F            C            G
Oh            God, why you been
F            C            G
Hangin out in the ol'        violin      While I've 
been
F            C            G
Waitin                         for you…      to pull me
 through

F      C      G    (x4)