Waiting Round To Die

	  		hello. 
my name is gabe. 
thankyou for your great website. 
i'd simply like to relate a song of the late, great townes van zandt for  
y'all. 
as with many townes songs, they appear on multiple recordings, and i don't  
know which ones are the originals. 
all the verses are played the same. there is a half measure hesitation on Dm  
between the first and second , and third and fourth phrases of each verse. 
a bridge can go in there wherever y'all feel like. ( i tend to play it  
before the last verse). 
 
WAITING ROUND TO DIE 
Key of A minor 
 
Am                                                          Dm 
Sometimes I don't even know where this dusty road is taking me 
Am                                                  E 
Sometimes I don't even know the reason why 
Am 
But I figure I'll keep on ramblin' 
           Dm 
Lots of booze and lots of gamblin' 
     Am                E                    Am 
It's easier than just waitin around to die. 
 
 
Once I had a Ma, I even had a Pa 
He hit her with a belt once 'cause she cried 
She told him to take care of me 
Headed back to Tennessee 
It was easier 'n just waitin around to die. 
 
I came of age and I met a girl 
in a Tuscaloosa bar 
She cleaned me out and hid it on the sly 
I tried to kill the pain 
I bought some wine and hopped a train 
It was easier than just waiting around to die 
 
My friend said he knew where some easy money was 
We robbed a man and brother did we fly 
The police caught up with me 
drug me back to muskogee 
Now it's two long years of waitng around to die. 
 
Now I'm out of prison 
I got me a friend at last 
He don't drink, or  cheat, or steal, or lie 
His name's codeine 
he's the finest thing I've seen 
and together we're gonna wait around to die.