This is a great track off of David Gray's web exclusive live covers album "A Thousand
Behind." Originally performed by Waylon Jennings
I'm a little iffy on some of the lyrics
Capo 4
Tuning: Standard
3/4 Timing
Intro:
|G|G|G|G|
Verse 1:
G C
This world that I live in is empty and cold
This loneliness cuts me and tears at my soul
G
I’m no child of destiny
D
No fortune son
I’ve chased you so long
G
I’m too weak to run
Verse 2: same as V.1
And here I return to a backstreet of thrill
Back to any warm shoulder till she’s got her fill
And then I treat shame like some old friend from home
Who I can lean on till the misery is gone
Chorus 1:
G C
A new day is here, but nothing is new
D G |G|G|G|
But you’re still gone, still I tremble for you
Verse (same as 1 and 2):
I cry out at bedtime: “oh please not tonight”
Then I hear your footsteps and I turn on the light
Of course you’re never there,
No you never are
And I try to forget to that there’s always a bar
Chorus 2:
G
Though I win that battle
C
And sometimes I do,
D (tempo slows down) G (strum once and hold)
Still sleep doesn’t come, and I tremble for you
very nice, simple progression found in a lot of country western songs