Van Zandt Townes - Waiting Round To Die guitar tab

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.