Steve Earle – So You Wannabe An Outlaw (Guitar)

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From the album "So You Wannabe an Outlaw" (2017) There's a heavy picking on the open A string while playing the A chord. While playing the A, there's sometimes a walk on the E string like this: 3-2-0-3b and back to the A chord. [Intro] A [Verse 1]
       A
So you wannabe an outlaw, buddy, take it from me

     A
This livin' on the highway ain't everything it's supposed to be

A
Everybody reckons that they wanna be free

A                         D
Ain't nobody wants to be alone

A
Stumblin' in the alley at a quarter to three

A
Hollerin' for Sally, "Honey, whatcha tryin' to do to me"

A
Told me "Go to hell, I'm goin' back to Tennessee"

         A
I said, "Angel, you can never go home"
[Chorus]
         D
Never go home

         A
Never go home

       A                          E        A
If you wannabe an outlaw, you can never go home
[Verse 2]
       A
So you wannabe an outlaw, better listen up, kid

A
Steal a million dollars then you have to keep it hid

A
Ain't no place to spend it in the desert if you did

        A                               D
And you can't take it with you when you go

A
Always something laying for you up around the bend

A
Everything that goes around comes back around again

    A
You can't trust anybody, not a lover or a friend

     A
Your momma, maybe, then you never know
[Chorus]
         D
Never do know (Never do know)

         A
Never do know (Well you never do know)

       A                            E        A
If you wanna be an outlaw, then you never do know
[Bridge] A D A A E A [Verse 3]
       A
So you wannabe an outlaw, son, you better think twice

    A
You better not pout and you better not cry

             A
'Cause there won't nobody give a damn about you when you die

        A                            D
But the devil when he comes for his due

            A
When you're standin' at the crossroads, don't you try to flag a ride

          A
Don't you fall down on your knees, don't you do what's already been tried

A
Hate to tell you but the only upside

          A
Is you'll sing the devil out of the blues
[Chorus]
              D
Singing the blues

                      A
Keep on singing the blues

          A                         E      A
Sing the "So you say you wannabe an outlaw blues"
[Outro]
A
  Hey, hey
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