Scorpion Hill

	  		
Verse 1:

E              A             E 
Up on Scorpion Hill watching life 
                     A     B 
Passing me by in the pale moonlight 
E                               
And I sat there forever 
      A              C#m 
Three sheets to the wind 
B 
It's not helping my case 

The state that I'm in 
A                     E 
But it's not how they told you 
A                  E 
My intentions were good 
A                                   
I was just bursting apart 
         E 
Like the end of the ark 
C#m                      F#m   A 
Holding on to whatever I could 

( E  A  E  A ) 
( C#m  B  A ) 

Verse 2:

E                            
A square of light moves 
    B                     A 
Its way through the empty room 
E                         F#m 
Across the stained yellow carpet 
E                 B           A 
Like a ghost of myself in the afternoon 
            C 
Haunting my basement apartment 
B           C 
I looked in to the mirror 
C#m               A 
Hanging behind my door 
B                              
The glass was cracked 
        C 
And the man staring back 
C#m                   A 
He don't look like me anymore 
           B 
And if the world is gonna burn 
     C 
Everyone should get 

A turn to light it up 

( E  B  C#m  A ) 
( E  B  C#m ) 
( A  E  B ) 



C#m  A   E    B    C#m  A            E  B 
Down and out, I've been on the rocks 
C#m  A    E           A           F#m 
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts 
                    B   Cm 
Yeah, I like them a lot 

( E  A  E  A ) 
( C#m  B  A ) 

Verse 2:

E             B                           
Time and time again, well I've tried 
    A 
And failed to get my act together 
E                     Abm                         
And I'll admit lately things 
                    A 
Really went off the rails 
C 
I know that you deserve better 
B                   C 
But in the morning, as I was boarding 
C#m                   A 
The commuter train to work 
B                                
The boss was calling, he said 
 C 
"There's been cutbacks and 
C#m                  A 
I'm sorry you're the first" 
B 
And If I can't support the two of us 
Cm 
How can I support a third? 

( E  B ) 



C#m  A   E    B    C#m  A            E  B 
Down and out, I've been on the rocks 
C#m  A    E           A           F#m 
I've been having some pretty dark thoughts 


Bridge:

B 
And I'm on the brink 
E 
Falling deep into debt 
A 
Falling deep into drink 
F#m 
I can drown those regrets 
                B 
I don't have to think 
A                         E 
Now I'm working the night shift 
A             E 
Asleep at the wheel 
A                           E 
I was bursting apart like a flame from a spark 
C#m       F#m 
Thinkin' "Jesus, this can't be for real" 

Verse 3:

A               E 
My sweat-soaked mattress 
A              E 
Corner of the room 
A              E 
Cigarettes and matches 
C#m            F#m 
In the fading afternoon 
A 
And a picture of my kid 

Yeah, he's smiling 
                      E 
It's the first day of school 

Solo E  B  C#m  A 
       E  B  C#m  A 
       E  B  C#m  A 
       E  B  C#m  A  



F#m                    B                   
She said, "I found the gun 
              E 
It was buried beneath 
         A                                   
Piles of clothes in the room 
               F#m 
Where your son sleeps 
             B                              
And I can't pretend 
                      E 
To know how this will end"