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Waiting Around To Die

The document provides guitar chord variations and lyrics for the song 'Waiting Around to Die' by Townes Van Zandt. The song tells the story of a man who has experienced family troubles, crime, and imprisonment and now finds solace with his friend Codine as they wait around to die together.

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Waiting Around To Die

The document provides guitar chord variations and lyrics for the song 'Waiting Around to Die' by Townes Van Zandt. The song tells the story of a man who has experienced family troubles, crime, and imprisonment and now finds solace with his friend Codine as they wait around to die together.

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Mike Widman
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Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd fret

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INTRO

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Strum Variation

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Alt. Picking Pattern
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Ending

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Waiting Around To Die
Sometimes I don't know where
This dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I can't even see the reason why
I guess I keep a-gamblin'
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
It's easier than just waitin' around to die

One time, friends, I had a ma


I even had a pa
He beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried
She told him to take care of me
Headed down to Tennessee
It's easier than just waitin' around to die

I came of age and I found a girl


In a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit in on the sly
I tried to kill the pain, bought some wine
And hopped a train
Seemed easier than just waitin' around to die

A friend said he knew


Where some easy money was
We robbed a man, and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me
And drug me back to Muskogee
It's two long years I've been waitin' around to die

Now I'm out of prison


I got me a friend at last
He don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
His name's Codine
He's the nicest thing I've seen
Together we're gonna wait around and die
Together we're gonna wait around and die

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