Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend college. The trio recorded three albums for Rockville Records, before signing with Sire Records and expanding to a five-piece. Shortly after the release of the band's major label debut album Anodyne, Farrar
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AmCGD AmCGD This song is sung for anyone that's listening AmCGD This song is for the broken-spirited man AmCGD This song is for anyone left standing AmCGD (pick D chord) After the strain of a slow sad end
(5) --3---2---0
It seems everybody wants what someone else has And there's sorrow enough for all, just go in any bar and ask With a beer in each hand and a smile in between All around's a world grown mean
(chorus) EC Well we've all had EC Our ups and downs ECE It's been mostly down around here
(5) --0--0 H2--2--2 H3--3--3 P2--2--0
AmCGD Now this whole damn mess should be becoming quite clear
GG/F#EmD Looks like we're all looking for a life worth livin' AmCGD That's why we drink ourselves to sleep GG/F#EmD We're all looking for a life worth livin' AmCGD That's why we pray for our souls to keep
There's nothing left now but broken pieces Of one man's broken will to care And in the end before all is said and done How many others might follow him there
(same chords as chorus) But midnight is coming round It's still mostly down around here Now this whole damn mess is becoming quite clear
Looks like we're all looking for a life worth livin' That's why we drink ourselves to sleep We're all looking for a life worth livin' That's why we pray for our souls to keep