Robert Earl Keen – Undone (Guitar)

D
Fire one up and you toss one down

C
Everybody knows you been downtown

D
Been downtown late last night

C
Bust your head in a barroom fight

D
Fightin' with your brother, fightin' with your wife

C
Seems you've been fighting every day of your life

D
Can't stand still, still can't run

C                                     D     G  C  D  C  D
You put it all together but it come undone

D
Your soul is junk, your brain is dust

C
All of your memories are eaten up with rust

D
Your nightmare's real, dreams too stark

C
You love the night but you hate the dark

D
Your momma, your daddy, little sister too

C
Told you a secret they were countin' on you

D
You were dying to tell but your dad said son

C                             D       G       C  D  C  D
Button your lip but it come undone, undone, undone

D
So they turned you out when you turned them in

C
They told you don't come back again

D
Now the years stack up like old beer cans

C
Dead end jobs, payment plans

D
Broke down trucks, welfare checks

C
Child support, back-seat sex

D
You'd kill yourself but you hocked your gun

C                               D       G       C  D    C  D
You built a noose but it come undone, undone, undone, undone

D
So you're livin' in a shack but you wanna be rich

C
And you would if it wasn't for that sonovabitch

D
The sonovabitch, the dirty old whore

C
The butcher, the baker, the grocery store

D
You hate them, they hate you

C
What in the world are you gonna do?

D
It ain't your fault but they need someone

C                               D       G       C  D    C  D
To blame it on when they come undone, undone, undone, undone

D
Now the storm's comin' in, the sky's turned black

C
It's too late now, you can't turn back

D
Lightnin' strikes on the telephone wire

C
You're drunk as a skunk, your shack's on fire

D
The wife took the baby and the other two kids

C
The dogs are a-howlin' and the chickens are dead

D
It's your last night out and you're gonna have fun

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undone, undone, undone, undone

  C  D    C  D   C D G C D
Undone, undone