The Pipe Song

	  		
 

 


verse 1: 

Am                                  C 
Strike the match one more time he said 

Am                                         C 
As the old man raised the pipe above his head 

Am                                C 
Ive Lived my life my lessons learned 

             Am                           C 
His sundried skin shows his money hard earned 

Am                            C 
I asked him why he smoked his pipe 

                          Am                              C 
He paused and thought his answer surley true and it arrived      




Pre-Chorus: 

Dm                        G 
Son I'm not always able to hold my head up high 

            Am  
I have lost every single loved one in my life 

Dm                                   G 
This pipe's the only thing I have to keep me occupied 

Am                                       
The truth is I'm to stubborn to appologise 

Dm                    G 
So as I smoke my days away, I say  




C                Am                           F 
Life is a roller coaster and god's collecting tickets at the gate 

C                  Am                     F 
You've got to keep moving on dont let the wheel slowly deflate 

C                          Am                F 
When life gets hard and you feel you're not tall enough to ride 

C                             F             G            Am 
Just know that there's always a place where you can hide 



verse 2: 

Am                                              C 
Ten years later I lay lifeless on the road 

            Am                                  C 
Shatterd car window and another name set in stone 

Am                                C       
A voice whispered softly in my ear 
  
          Am                           C 
come with me and the pain will disappear 

Am                                  C 
I asked the angel was it truly my time 

                           Am                              C 
she paused and thought her answer surely true and it arrived 



Pre-Chorus: 

Dm                                   G 
Son I've watched over you since your mother gave you life 

Am 
Chewing your finger nails on the sidelines 

Dm                             G 
Your life is now a lesson that others will learn in time 

Am 
Life's to short to sit around killing time 

Dm                        G 
You're done with yesterday so I say 




C                Am                           F 
Life is a roller coaster and god's collecting tickets at the gate 

C                  Am                     F 
You've got to keep moving on dont let the wheel slowly deflate 

C                          Am                F 
When life gets hard and you feel you're not tall enough to ride 

C                               F           G            Am 
Just know that there's always a place where you can hide 





Bridge: 

Am                               C 
Here we are one more time he said 

         Am                              C 
It was the old man at a heavens gate ahead 

         Am                              C 
Did you take my good advice before you died 

         Am                              C 
I wonder what you learned and I replied 

 

C                Am                           F 
Life is a roller coaster and god's collecting tickets at the gate 

C                  Am                     F 
You've got to keep moving on dont let the wheel slowly deflate 

C                          Am                F 
When life gets hard and you feel you're not tall enough to ride 

C                             F             G            Am 
Just know that there's always a place where you can hide