A             D
I've a tale or two to tell you
         F#m                  B
But the booze just makes me slow
             A                 D
Oh, I could rack my brain remembering
        E                  F#m
But I guess maybe I'll just go
            A             D
There's a method to my madness
           F#m            B
There's a secret to this town
           A                    D
There's a reason why I'm still living here
          E                      F#m
Though I can't think of it right now

[Bridge]

E                       F#m                   A                D
I made a promise when I left for the coast, twenty long years ago
E                      F#m               A                     D   
I made a life out of chasing a ghost, twenty years takes its toll

[Chorus]

Bm                  E                     A                 D
I got along for a while, I guess, but it took everything I had
Bm                  E                         A                        D  E
I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad

   A          D   F#m           B
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--00-4-77-9-7-0---0-2/4-4-4\2-2p0----|
E|----------------2-----------------2--|

    A                    D     E              F#m
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--0h2-22-0-2/4-44-22-4-2-00---0-0h2-2-4-2-0------|
E|----------------------------2---------------0h2--|

[Verse 2]
          A                D
I've a thought or two to share with you
        F#m                     B
But the dope tends to cloud my mind
      A                         D
I destroyed my health searching for myself
           E                     F#m
But there ain't nothing there to find
           A             D
There's a debt or two I owe you
           F#m            B
But the gambling left me poor
       A                            D
Oh, I put up my name in the sacred game
      E                       F#m
And forgot what I was playing for

[Bridge]

E                       F#m                   A                D
I made a promise when I left for the coast, twenty long years ago
E                      F#m               A                     D   
I made a life out of chasing a ghost, twenty years takes its toll

[Chorus]

Bm                  E                     A                D
I got along for a while, I guess, but it took everything I had
Bm                   E                        A                        D  E
I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad

[Instrumental break]

A D F#m B
A D E F#m
A D F#m B
A D E F#m

[Chorus]

Bm                              E             A                        D
I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad
Bm                              E             A                      D
I gotta find a way out of this mess, I went looking and it drove me mad
Bm                              E             A                       D
I gotta find a way out of this mess, I'm in trouble and it sure looks bad
Bm                              E             A                      D    E
I gotta find a way out of this mess, I ain't never seen you look so sad, yeah

B E C#m A


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p = pull off