Chord Stancliffs Lament by James McMurtry

Intro E G D C E G D C Verse E G Too old to work for wages D C No time left to kill E G Put your eggs in one basket D C Mind that basket don't spill E G You've got to be successful D C Just to be all right E G Lest the old man's ghost comes walking D C In the middle of the night Verse E G Spend some years in the business D C Learn how the big boys play E G Marry your high school sweetheart D C Man don't let her get away E G And if it don't work out D C You can walk away without a stitch E G Wreckage in the rearview mirror D C Bouncing down a roadside ditch Chorus G E It's behind you now D C B A G It's behind you now G E D The worst was over long ago C B G E Pat yourself on the back E D C F Stand up and take a bow Interlude G E D C Verse E G There's voices all around you D C They're yelling Go Team E G You're sitting at the top of the bleachers D C Staring at a laptop screen E G You can't waste a minute D C You can't waste a one E G The minutes are bought and paid for D C At least till the job gets done Interlude C B A Chorus G E It's behind you now D C B A G It's behind you now G E D The worst was over long ago C B G E Pat yourself on the back E D C F Stand up and take a bow Interlude G E D C Verse E G They're holding all of your phone calls D C But it's no relief E G You're staring out the smoked glass window D C At the cars down on the cloverleaf E G And a picture of a kid with a ball glove D C smiling at the lens E G And a woman on a sailboat D C And all those years you just had to hope they'd bend E G Well you pushed so hard you bent so far D C That they won't either one get straight again Chorus G E It's behind you now D C B A G It's behind you now G E D The worst was over long ago C B G E Pat yourself on the back E D C F Stand up and take a bow Outro G E D C