Old Crow Medicine Show – Painkiller (Guitar)

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As recorded by Old Crow Medicine Show (From the 2022 Album PAINT THIS TOWN) [Intro] A [Verse 1]
A
I heard the first taste costs you a dime

A
They never mention how the prices climb

D
Mama, can you pick me up

                      A
In your steam-powered hearse?

       C
I'm on South High and Main

D                           A
Catching a train they call "Painkiller"
[Verse 2]
A
I hear the whistle and it's making me sweat

A
It's getting closer, but it ain't here yet

D                                          A
Climbing that smoke stack is gonna burn my brain

          C
Lord, I'm holding on tight

       D                             A
Try to get through the night, I'm on Painkiller
[Chorus]
C#  D       A
Painkiller, mama, won't you ease my mind?

C#  D       A
Painkiller, rolling down the dead end line
[Verse 3]
A
The engineer, he likes to roll the bones

A
Hop on the mainline if you wanna get gone

D
Hammer that big spike

                      A
Gonna be the death of me (Woo)

         C                         D                    A
See, I'm fresh out of coal, just a lost soul running on Painkiller
[Chorus]
C#  D       A
Painkiller, mama, would you ease my mind?

C#  D       A                E        A
Painkiller, rolling down the dead end line (Ha ha!)
[Interlude] C G D A C G D A C G D A C G D A [Verse 4]
A
Looks like the devil set the wheels a flying

A
From West Virginia to the Tennessee line

D                                     A
Here comes the tunnel, I can't feel a thing

    C                          D
I'm running out of time to the end of the line

C                          D
Burning my brain until the very last grain

C                      D       G                A
Driving insane on this runaway train they call "Painkiller"
[Chorus]
C#  D       A               E       A
Painkiller, mama, would you ease my mind?

C#  D       A                E        A
Painkiller, rolling down the dead end line

           C#  D       A
I'm down a painkiller, mama, would you ease my mind?

C#  D       A                E        A
Painkiller, rolling down the dead end line
[Outro] A