[Verse 1]
D G
When you see me out tonight tearing up the promenade
D
People stop and step aside so I can move along
G
Is it just because they're friendly or the fact that I am gone
D
Stepping over lines of the paths they travel on?
[Chorus]
C G
Living on the high side
D
Better keep it on the low down
C G
Get to feeling just right
D
Think I’ll have to go and sit down
[Verse 2]
D G
Do you reckon that they notice? Do you think that they believe?
D
I've gotten into meanness on the dark end of the street
G
Do my eyes tell my condition? Does my breath show where I've been?
D
Am I talking any louder than the comp’ny that I'm in
[Chorus]
C G
Living on the high side
D
Better keep it on the low down
C G
Get to feeling just right
D
Think I’ll have to go and sit down
[Bridge]
A
Sweating like a preacher in the presence of the Lord
G
Shaking like a leaf in the middle of a storm
D G
Jawin' my bone trying to make you see
A
I wouldn't much fret if my friends were all here
G
But there's people in the corner and they're starting to stare
D
Having a ball poking fun at me
[Chorus]
C G
Living on the high side
D
Better keep it on the low down
C G
Get to feeling just right
D
Think I’ll have to go and sit down
C G
Straighten up and try to act right
D
Keep it on the lowdown