Jelly Roll – Same Asshole (Guitar)

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[Intro] B G D A B G D A [Verse 1]
        Bm
Forgive me I've been drinking

    G
Backroad and then thinking

D                                A
Remember when the band played on while the ship sinking

   Bm                          G
No matter what I do there's no escaping my past

     D                             A
I do everything I can and it keeps chasing my ass

       Bm                               G
I know my karma is constant for all the hearts that I've broke

             D                           A
Knowing I'll never be forgive, that shit bothers my soul

                 Bm                          G
When it's thrown up in my face man that shit fucks up my day

          D                         A
No matter what I do I feel I'm only judged by mistakes

     Bm                            G
Even if the good outweighs it by a million to one

           D                                   A
They still gon' hate me for the single fucking thing that I done

     G
Even if the good outweighs it by a million to one

                A                                                   Bm
They still gon' hate me for the single fucking thing that I done (I done)
[Chorus]
  G
I try not to think of hard times

D A                           Bm
I try hard to let the past go

  G
I thank God that I'm a changed man

D   A                              Bm      G
But somedays I'm that same asshole.....

D                A
The same old me, the same backroad

G
A couple of crosses and a black rose

A
Singing the same old sad song
[Verse 2]
Bm                    G
I must admit I'm infatuated with sad clowns

             A
I guess they help me better understand my Dad now

Bm                      G
Those that entertain at the expense of pain

           D                 A
Those that dance in the rain instead of just complain

   Bm                        G
My brother always said I was ahead of the game

     D                                A
Even before the fucking money hit the jealousy came

       Bm                         G
Put it all on the line there's no regrets in this shit

        D                               A
I admit besides the blessings there was lessons in it

              Bm                         G
They say life was a marathon tighten up 'cause you gotta run

       D                              A
I know that the dollar spends as fast as the dollar comes

          G
Why these other rap dudes in the strip club with a lot of ones?

         A                                                         Bm
I'm just trying to buy a crib and start my kids a college fund for-real
[Chorus]
  G
I try not to think of hard times

D A                           Bm
I try hard to let the past go

  G
I thank God that I'm a changed man

D                A                   Bm    G
But somedays I'm that same asshole.....

D        A
The same old me, the same backroad

G
A couple of crosses and a black rose

A
Singing the same old sad songs
[Verse 3]
Bm
Can I be real for a Minute?

             G
Release this passion within

           G                           A
My fat ass gettin bigger, I need to go back to the gym

              Bm                                     G
I'm lookin at myself like how the fuck this happened again?

              D                      A
Baby-Mama got out of jail and then relapsed again

            Bm                                      G
I swear I'm tellin y'all the truth, there's so much shit in the air

          D                          A
My father got leukemia, he just left critical care

       Bm                           G
Not to mention mama's got dementia, man she's always feeling sick

  D                                A
I try to help her pay the rent but she's unhappy as it gets

Bm                            G
I can not complain because my daughter's doin' great

     D                                   A
Plus this music-shit's a dream, what the fuck you think it ain't?

    G
But please make no mistake, baby after the show

        A                                           Bm
I'm all alone on this road headin' back to my home (home)
[Chorus]
  G
I try not to think of hard times

D             A
I try hard to let the past go

Bm          G
I thank God that I'm a changed man

D                A                 Bm    G
But somedays I'm the same asshole.....

D        A
The same old me, the same backroad

G
A couple of crosses and a black rose

A
Singing the same old sad songs