Firewater

	  		

No Capo, standard tuning 
Walk down the E string when you go from G to Em 


Intro 
G D Em C D 

G                   C 
Living on bread and wine was easy 
     D                  G 
for John and James and Mother Mary 
            Em        C                  D 
and I'm no saint and that's my ball and chain 

 G                          C 
Cause when I'm passed that silver challis 
   D               G 
I always drink my fill until it 
 Em                 C             D 
knocks me down and tangles up my brain 

                    G                  D 
Yeah buddy, it's a short life, it's a hell of a life 
        G                           C 
it's a mean old world, when you're kicked to the gutter 
         G                D                        G 
and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 

Instrumental 
G D Em C D 

 G                                   C 
Walking through the graveyards and sleeping in alleys 
  D                  G 
telling myself the same old stories 
  Em                     C               D 
Drinking that blood and calling it holy wine 

 G                      C 
Looking in windows and seeing a stranger 
 D                         G 
going through hell like a fallen angel 
 Em                       C                     D 
Feeling my bones getting old long before their time 

                     G                 D 
Yeah buddy, it's a short life, it's a hell of a life 
        G                            C 
it's a mean old world, when you're kicked to the gutter 
          G                                   D 
and the firewater gotcha talking in circles again 

         G              D 
It's an empty bottle passing around 
            G                    C 
when your hopes and dreams have all burned down 
         G                D                        G 
and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 

         D             G-C 
Take me home, take me home 
 G                                         D 
Gather me up in your arms Lord have mercy divine 


Instrumental 
G D Em C G D G 
             D            G 
So take me home, take me home 
         D             C-D 
Take me home, take me home 

               G                 D 
Cause it's a short life, it's a hell of a life, 
        G                         C 
it's a mean old world when your kicked to the gutter 
          G               D                         Em 
and the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 
 C          G               D                         G 
Yeah, the firewater is the one thing to put out the flame 

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