Cody Jinks – Lonely Man (Guitar)

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As recorded by Cody Jinks (From the 2025 Album IN MY BLOOD) [Verse 1]
          C                                G
Well, the face that's starin' at me in the mirror

        Em          D               C
Ain't a face that a young man can recall

                                     G
The lines are gettin' deeper, and my hairs are turnin' grey

       Em            D           C
It's a wonder I have any left at all

     C                            G
This winter, it came on me like a wildfire

        Em                D              C
Burnin' cold and creepin' into these ol' bones

                                    G
With harvest come and gone, another year is windin' down

     Em             D              C
It's best that I be gettin' myself gone
[Chorus]
       G               D             C
Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'

     Em
That was home
[Verse 2]
        C                                  G
Well, I finally kicked the smokin' and the hard stuff

  Em               D                   C
I drank enough for three or four men's lives

                                      G
More habits than an honest man should carry

Em               D            C
Choices, good or bad, they've been mine

                                            G
So I've changed a lot of things that needed changin'

  Em              D             C
I started findin' peace with my new demon

                              G
I got drunk in '99 and I just sobered up last year

    Em                   D               C
And guess that I'm still learnin' how to feel
[Chorus]
       G               D             C
Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'

          Em
Somethin' real
[Bridge]
        G                                     D
Well, I ain't afraid of dyin', there's people dyin' every day

     Am                                C
I'm afraid of where I've failed at any turn along the way

        G                             D
Well, I hope tomorrow finds me with a chance to try again

        Am                          C
Well, I pray the weather's good, my back's against the wind
[Chorus]
       G               D             G
Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'

           Em
That never ends
[Instrumental Break] C G Em D C G D C G Em D C G D [Bridge]
        G                                     D
Well, I ain't afraid of dyin', there's people dyin' every day

     Am                                C
I'm afraid of where I've failed at any turn along the way

        G                             D
Well, I hope tomorrow finds me with a chance to try again

        Am                          C
Well, I pray the weather's good, my back's against the wind

     G                                D
That weather's often stormy, and that rain'll sting your skin

      Am            C
We'll worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes, my friend

     G                           D
Take caution through the curves, steadfast through the fray

Am                                C
Got some ground to cover, and the skies are clear today
[Outro]
       G               D             C
Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'

       G               D             C
Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'

       G               D             C                 G Em
Just a lonely man that set out long ago for somethin'