G C
i know a girl
G      C
she used to give me a whirl
G    C                      G
but now i hear she lives alone

it’s been a while
but we used to make each other smile
maybe i oughta call her on the phone

but i got things to do, bills to pay
my good friend just passed away
seems like now probably aint the time

but now it’s been a year or two
i’m always up against something new
someday, later on, i’ll make her mine

Em                   C      G
i tell myself these silly things
imagining her broken wings
Em                      C                         D
repeating all the things she never said
G   C  G
like bet on red

waiting for these clouds to break
is like a coroner’s mistake
it’s like i don’t even know that i aint dead

i got reasons, whys and never minds
been so long driving blind
when all i really want’s a sign

tell me what i’m supposed to do
i’d hold my breath till i turn blue
if i thought i could get next to you

how am i s’posed to come again
when i don’t know where i’ve been
and even worse, i been here all the time

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D                        C     G
so i bet it all on red again
and watch the wheel start to spin
knowing that i need a friend
Am                        C
more than all my money

been busted flat since baton rouge
and past the point of paying dues
i slide into the delta blues
Am                              C                D
and pretend that it’s all funny

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