Originally in C, I play in A
Intro, with weird wah noises
| B7 | B7 |
Enter normal instrumentation
| A | E | G | D |
| A | E |
| Today I’m livin’ like a | rich man’s son |
| G | D |
| Tomorrow morning I could | be a bum |
| A | E |
| It doesn’t matter which di | rection though |
| G | D |
| I know a woman in New M | exico |
| Bm7 | E |
| Worse comes to | worst |
| Bm7 | E |
| I’ll get a | long |
| Bm7 | E |
| I don’t know | how but sometimes |
| Bm7 | E |
| I can be s | trong |
| A | E |
| And if I don’t have a c | ar I’ll hitch |
| G | D |
| I got a thumb and she’s a s | on of a bitch |
| A | E |
| I do my writing on my r | oad guitar |
| G | D |
| And make a living at a pi | ano bar, oh |
| Bm7 | E |
| Worse comes to | worst |
| Bm7 | E |
| I’ll get a | long |
| Bm7 | E |
| I don’t know | how but sometimes |
| Bm7 | E |
| I can be s | trong |
Bridge, half-time
Vox on the 3 of the chord on “lightning”
| G | D |
| Lightning and th | under |
Vox on ascending 5 1 3 on “flashed across the roads”
| A | E | |
| F | lashed across the roads we drove upo | n |
| G | D |
| Oh, but it’s clear skies we’re u | nder |
Vox on 1 3 3 of the chord on “when I am”, 1 of the chord on “song”
| F#m | E | |
| W | hen I am together, w | hen I sing the song |
Solo if appropriate on verse chords
| Bm7 | E |
| Worse comes to | worst |
| Bm7 | E |
| I’ll get a | long |
| Bm7 | E |
| I don’t know | how but sometimes |
| Bm7 | E |
| I can be s | trong, oh |
| A | E |
| Fun ain’t easy if | it ain’t free |
| G | D |
| Too many people got a | hold on me |
| A | E |
| But I know something that | they don’t know |
| G | D |
| I know a woman in New | Mexico |
| Bm7 | E |
| Worse comes to | worst |
| Bm7 | E |
| I’ll get a | long |
| Bm7 | E |
| I don’t know | how but sometimes |
| Bm7 | E |
| I can be s | trong |