Misery

Intro: 0:00
Am  - x4
Dm | Am | Dm E | Am | Am!!
0:17
Am  - x8

Verse 1: 0:28
    Am
Virginia was a "lot lizard" from F.L.A.
     Am
She had a compound fracture
          E
In the "trunk".
0:40
     Am
It started when she ran away,
  D               Dm
Thumbs out on the interstate,
     E                     Am
She hitched a ride to misery.
0:52
          Am
"Mister Whirly" had a catastrophic incident.
    Am
He fell into the city
        E
By the bay.
1:04
    Am
He liquidated his estate,
 D              Dm
Now he sleeps upon the Haight,
 E               Am
Panhandling misery.

Chorus 1: 1:15
                    E
And he's gonna get high, high, high
           Am
When he's low, low, low.
     E                      Am
The fire burns from better days.
1:27
                   E
And she screams "Why, oh why?"
         Am
I said, "I don't know."
     D            F
The catastrophic hymns
            E | E!
From yesterday,
        Am ->
Of misery.

Instrumental: 1:40
Am  - x4

Verse 2: 1:46
 Am
Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam.
    Am
He ran the drug cartel
            E
In "tinsel town".
1:58
      Am
They found him in a Cadillac,
  D                Dm
Bludgeoned with a baseball bat
E                   Am
In the name of misery.
2:10
 Am
Gina hit the road to New York City,
    Am
Mysteriously the night
         E
Vinnie croaked.
2:21
      Am
She stopped in Vegas to elope
 D            Dm
With Virginia and the dope
     E                       Am
And kissed the bride eternally.

Chorus 2: 2:33
                       E
And they're gonna get high, high, high
              Am
When they're low, low, low.
     E                      Am
The fire burns from better days.
2:45
                   E
And he screamed "Why, oh why?"
         Am
I said, "I don't know."
     D            F
The catastrophic hymns
            E | E!
From yesterday,
        Am ->
Of misery.

Instrumental: 2:58
Am  - x4

Bridge: 3:03
       Dm
Well, hell hounds on your
  E              Am
Trail now once again, boy.
       Dm
It's groping on your
 E             Am
Leg until it sleeps.
3:15
    Dm
The emptiness will
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Fill your soul with sorrow
       F
'Cause it's not what you make,
               E   | E!
It's what you leave.

Instrumental: 3:28
Am | Am | Am | Am
                  Ah.
3:33
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Am | Am | E | E
3:45
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E | E | Am | Am
3:57
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E7 | E7 | E7 | E7
4:09
Am | Am | Dm | Dm
E7 | E7 | Am | Am!

Chorus 3: 4:20
                     E
And we're gonna get high, high, high
            Am
When we're low, low, low.
     E                      Am
The fire burns from better days.
4:32
                   E
And she screams "Why, oh why?"
         Am
I said, "I don't know."
     D            F
The catastrophic hymns
            E | E | E | E!
From yesterday,
        Am ->
Of misery.

Coda: 4:48
Am  - x7 | Am!