Todd Snider – Alcohol And Pills (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm Bb C Dm Gm Bb C Dm [Verse 1]
Dm                Bb
Hank Williams, he came up from Montgomery

       C                             Dm
With a heartful of hard-luck country songs

Dm                   Bb
Nashville Tennessee, they didn't understand him

      C                                  Dm
Cause he did things differently than the way that they were done

            Bb                                  Dm
But when he finally made it to the Grand Ol Opry he made it stand still

   C                       Dm
He ended up on alcohol and pills
[Verse 2]
Dm             Bb
Elvis Presley, he came up from Jackson

       C                           Dm
With a brand new way of singin', a brand new way of dancin'

Dm                          Bb
And even from the waist up, he gave the world a thrill

   C                       Dm
He ended up on alcohol and pills
[Chorus]
F                  C
Alcohol and pills, is a cryin' shame

    Gm                                        Bb
You think they might have been happy with the glory and the fame

    F                                  C
But fame don't take away the pain, it just pays the bills

        Gm         Bb         Dm
And you wind up on alcohol and pills
[Verse 3]
Dm            Bb
Janis Joplin, she was wild and reckless

C                                 Dm
Then there was Gram Parsons, then there was Jimi Hendrix

Dm                                  Bb
The story just goes on and on and I guess it always will

     C                       Dm
They ended up on alcohol and pills
[Chorus]
F                  C
Alcohol and pills, is a cryin' shame

    Gm                                        Bb
You think they might have been happy with the glory and the fame

    F                                  C
But fame don't take away the pain, it just pays the bills

        Gm         Bb         Dm
And you wind up on alcohol and pills
[Break, same as the verse] Dm Bb C Dm Dm Bb C Dm [Bridge]
Gm                 Dm
Sometimes somebody won't wake up one day

    Gm                          C
Sometimes it's a heart attack, sometimes they won't say

          Dm                                     Bb
When they pulled poor old Hank Williams out of a Cadillac Coupe-Deville

C                          Dm
He ended up on alcohol and pills
[Chorus]
F                  C
Alcohol and pills, is a cryin' shame

    Gm                                        Bb
You think they might have been happy with the glory and the fame

    F                                  C
But fame don't take away the pain, it just pays the bills

        Gm         Bb         Dm
And you wind up on alcohol and pills
[Outro]
Gm      Bb         Dm           Dm
     On alcohol and pills