D#m             E
I lost my job today at the rail yard
            B                 F#
Hours were cut, so I was cut, too
       D#m                 E
First in, last out, last call, and self-doubt
     B                       F#
If only there were more that I could do
           D#m                          E
See, I’ve flipped through the newspaper classifieds
        B               F#
But every listing says “diploma required”
         D#m                   E
See, I failed, I tried; I got drunk to pass time
            B                              F#
Perhaps a sober state of mind would follow through


[Chorus]
     B             F#                E       N.C.
And so what if I’m scared of dying alone?
                                    {play Chorus Lick}

     B             F#                E        E

                                    {play Chorus Lick}

E|--->| Chorus Lick
B|-----------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------------|
A|---4h6--4--6-----|---4h6--4--6-----------|
E|--------------6--|-------------6-4-------|
E|-----------------|-------------------7---|
               *played during all choruses, but not all lines*


[Verse 2]
           D#m                      E
I always thought I’d grow up to get my daddy’s job
      B                         F#
But they cut him loose when a machine took it on
      D#m               E
As I say, as I do, one drink, then a few
               B                                    F#
I watched him slip away back then, and that’s just what I lived up to


[Bridge]
      B          F#          E
These debts grow taller than me


[Chorus]
  B             F#                   E             E
And so what if I’m scared of dying alone?  In an unmarked grave?
    B        F#                        E             E
And honestly, I swear that I’ll never know, If I can pay back the debts I owe


[Bridge]
F#      G#m       E
                     First in, last out
F#         G#m        E
  (First in, last out) It’s what this life’s all about
F#     G#m           E
Who you are, who you know, what you’ve done, how you
F#     G#m           E
Grow...

E


[Last Chorus]
     B                              E             E
And so what if I’m scared of dying alone?  In an unmarked grave?
    B         F#                        E                        E
And honestly, I swear that I’ll never know, At least I tried to pay back the debts I owe
B             F#
 Ohhh, whoahhh, ohhhhh, woah, ohhh, ohhh
E              E
 Ohhh, whoahhh, ohhhhh, woah, ohhh, ohhh
B             F#
 Ohhh, whoahhh, ohhhhh, woah, ohhh, ohhh
 (first in, last out) (first in, last out)
E              E
 Ohhh, whoahhh, ohhhhh, woah, ohhh, ohhh
 (first in, last out) (first in, last out)


[Outro]
B F# E E
B