Chords for Jamey Johnson 'High Cost Of Living'
Tempo:
160.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm just kidding.
She wasn't mean.
[A] [C]
What [N]
am I supposed to do now?
I told you about that record.
That record every song on it was written.
I got a it was written in a period it was really dark for
me.
I got dropped off my label was going through a divorce.
And a girl I've been dating while I was separated.
I was
separated for like two and a half years.
It was long as divorce.
So I moved on found a girlfriend.
She broke up with me the day
the day I got dropped.
It was just just the [B] worst day ever.
I quit drinking for over a year and I [Ab] stayed away from people.
I was [E] reckless.
I'd [Gb] go two or three weeks and [Eb] I'd see her
talk to another [Dbm] guy.
[Dm] So I'm crazy.
[Ab] What's your excuse?
[G]
[D] I [N] wrote this whole album just kind of based on things that I saw.
Give me [E] some of your songs a little hard.
I [C] was
[Gm] [Cm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Bb]
[Cm] just a normal guy.
Life is just a nine to five.
It was [C] impressive.
I love to [G] sky.
Never knew I'd be hanging with my water friends.
Looking for some [C] other way to fly.
[Bb]
[C] Three days straight was no big [Cm]
thing.
You get by on no food or sleep you're [F] crazy.
What's [C] becoming my [Dm] new norm.
[C] I pass out on the bedroom floor.
[G] Sleep right through the calm before [C] the storm.
Life
[Bb] [F]
was just an old routine.
[G] Every day the same damn [C] thing.
Couldn't even [Bb] tell I [F] was alive.
I tell [C] you the high cost of living [G] ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high.
[Cm]
[Bb]
That [Cm] Southern Baptist parking lot was where I'd [C] go to smoke my
pot and sit there in my pickup [Gm] truck [G] and breathe.
But staring at that giant cross just reminded me that I was lost.
And it just never [Gm] seemed to part the [C] way.
As soon as Jesus turned his back I'd find my way [Cm] across the tracks.
[F] Looking [Em] just to score [Dm] another deal.
[Gm] With [C] my back against that damn [G] baseball I didn't have to think
or talk [C] or feel.
[Gm]
[C] [Gm] My [F] life was just an old routine.
[G] Every day the same damn thing.
[C] Couldn't even [Bb] tell I was [F] alive.
I tell [C] you the high cost of living [G]
ain't nothing like the
cost of [C] living high.
[Cm]
[C]
[G]
[Cm] My whole life went through my head.
[Gm] Laying in that motel [Cm] bed watching as a cop kicked [G] down the door.
I had a job and a piece of land.
My [A] sweet wife [G] was my best friend but I traded that for cocaine
[C] and a whore.
[Gm]
[Cm] My new found sobriety.
I've got the time to sit and think of all the [C] things I had and [Dm] threw away.
[C] This prison is much colder than [G] that one that I was locked up in [C] just yet.
[Gm]
[C] [Gm] [F]
My life is just an old [G] routine.
Every day the same damn [C] thing.
[Bb] Hard to tell if [F] I'm alive.
I tell [C] you the high cost of [G] living ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high.
I tell you the high cost of living
[G] ain't nothing like the
cost of [Bb] living [C] high.
[Cm] [C]
[Gm]
[F]
[G]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[Cm] [Gm] [F]
[G] [C]
[Bb]
[F] [G]
[C]
[Bb] [F]
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[C]
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[Cm]
[Gm]
[C] [F]
[Cm] [C]
[N]
She wasn't mean.
[A] [C]
What [N]
am I supposed to do now?
I told you about that record.
That record every song on it was written.
I got a it was written in a period it was really dark for
me.
I got dropped off my label was going through a divorce.
And a girl I've been dating while I was separated.
I was
separated for like two and a half years.
It was long as divorce.
So I moved on found a girlfriend.
She broke up with me the day
the day I got dropped.
It was just just the [B] worst day ever.
I quit drinking for over a year and I [Ab] stayed away from people.
I was [E] reckless.
I'd [Gb] go two or three weeks and [Eb] I'd see her
talk to another [Dbm] guy.
[Dm] So I'm crazy.
[Ab] What's your excuse?
[G]
[D] I [N] wrote this whole album just kind of based on things that I saw.
Give me [E] some of your songs a little hard.
I [C] was
[Gm] [Cm] [Bb]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[Bb]
[Cm] just a normal guy.
Life is just a nine to five.
It was [C] impressive.
I love to [G] sky.
Never knew I'd be hanging with my water friends.
Looking for some [C] other way to fly.
[Bb]
[C] Three days straight was no big [Cm]
thing.
You get by on no food or sleep you're [F] crazy.
What's [C] becoming my [Dm] new norm.
[C] I pass out on the bedroom floor.
[G] Sleep right through the calm before [C] the storm.
Life
[Bb] [F]
was just an old routine.
[G] Every day the same damn [C] thing.
Couldn't even [Bb] tell I [F] was alive.
I tell [C] you the high cost of living [G] ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high.
[Cm]
[Bb]
That [Cm] Southern Baptist parking lot was where I'd [C] go to smoke my
pot and sit there in my pickup [Gm] truck [G] and breathe.
But staring at that giant cross just reminded me that I was lost.
And it just never [Gm] seemed to part the [C] way.
As soon as Jesus turned his back I'd find my way [Cm] across the tracks.
[F] Looking [Em] just to score [Dm] another deal.
[Gm] With [C] my back against that damn [G] baseball I didn't have to think
or talk [C] or feel.
[Gm]
[C] [Gm] My [F] life was just an old routine.
[G] Every day the same damn thing.
[C] Couldn't even [Bb] tell I was [F] alive.
I tell [C] you the high cost of living [G]
ain't nothing like the
cost of [C] living high.
[Cm]
[C]
[G]
[Cm] My whole life went through my head.
[Gm] Laying in that motel [Cm] bed watching as a cop kicked [G] down the door.
I had a job and a piece of land.
My [A] sweet wife [G] was my best friend but I traded that for cocaine
[C] and a whore.
[Gm]
[Cm] My new found sobriety.
I've got the time to sit and think of all the [C] things I had and [Dm] threw away.
[C] This prison is much colder than [G] that one that I was locked up in [C] just yet.
[Gm]
[C] [Gm] [F]
My life is just an old [G] routine.
Every day the same damn [C] thing.
[Bb] Hard to tell if [F] I'm alive.
I tell [C] you the high cost of [G] living ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high.
I tell you the high cost of living
[G] ain't nothing like the
cost of [Bb] living [C] high.
[Cm] [C]
[Gm]
[F]
[G]
[C] [Bb] [C]
[F]
[Cm] [Gm] [F]
[G] [C]
[Bb]
[F] [G]
[C]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[F]
[G]
[C]
[Bb] [F]
[Cm]
[Gm]
[C] [F]
[Cm] [C]
[N]
Key:
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Cm
Bb
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I'm just kidding.
She wasn't mean. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ What _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ am I supposed to do now? _ _ _ _ _ _
I told you about that record.
That record every song on it was written. _ _ _
_ _ I got a it was written in a period it was really dark for
me.
I got dropped off my label was going through a divorce.
_ _ And a girl I've been dating while I was separated.
I was
separated for like two and a half years.
It was long as divorce. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So I moved on found a girlfriend.
She broke up with me the day
_ _ _ the day I got dropped.
It was just just the [B] worst day ever. _
_ _ I quit drinking for over a year and I [Ab] stayed away from people.
I was [E] reckless.
I'd [Gb] go two or three weeks and [Eb] I'd see her
talk to another [Dbm] guy. _
[Dm] _ So I'm crazy.
[Ab] What's your excuse?
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] I _ [N] _ _ _ wrote this whole album just kind of based on things that I saw.
_ _ _ Give _ me [E] some of your songs a little hard.
_ _ I [C] _ _ _ was _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ just a normal guy.
_ Life is just a nine to five.
It was [C] impressive.
I love to [G] sky. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Never knew I'd be _ hanging with my water friends.
Looking for some [C] other way to fly.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] Three days straight was no big [Cm]
thing.
You get by on no food or sleep you're [F] crazy.
What's [C] becoming my [Dm] new norm. _ _ _ _
[C] I pass out on the bedroom floor.
[G] Sleep right through the calm before [C] the storm.
_ Life _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ was just an old routine.
[G] _ Every day the same damn [C] thing.
Couldn't even [Bb] tell I [F] was alive.
_ _ I tell [C] you the high cost of living _ [G] ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
That [Cm] Southern Baptist parking lot was where I'd [C] go to smoke my
pot and sit there in my pickup [Gm] truck [G] and breathe. _ _ _ _ _ _
But staring at that giant cross just reminded me that I was lost.
And it just never [Gm] seemed to part the [C] way. _ _ _ _ _ _
As soon as Jesus turned his back I'd find my way [Cm] across the tracks.
[F] _ Looking [Em] just to score _ _ [Dm] another deal.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] With [C] my back against that damn [G] baseball I didn't have to think
or talk [C] or feel.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ My [F] life was just an old routine. _
[G] _ Every day the same damn thing.
[C] _ Couldn't even [Bb] tell I was [F] alive.
_ _ I tell [C] you the high cost of living _ [G] _
ain't nothing like the
cost of [C] living high. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] My whole life went through my head.
_ _ [Gm] Laying in that motel [Cm] bed watching _ as a cop kicked [G] down the door.
_ _ I _ _ _ had a job and a piece of land.
My [A] sweet wife [G] was my best friend but I traded that for _ cocaine
[C] and a whore.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] My new found _ sobriety.
I've got the time to sit and think of all the [C] things I had and [Dm] threw away. _ _ _ _ _
[C] This prison is much colder than [G] that one that I was locked up in [C] just yet.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F]
My life is just an old _ [G] routine.
Every day the same damn [C] thing.
_ [Bb] Hard to tell if [F] I'm alive.
_ _ _ I tell [C] you the high cost of [G] living _ ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I tell you the high cost of living _
[G] ain't nothing like the
cost of [Bb] living _ [C] high. _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She wasn't mean. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ What _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ am I supposed to do now? _ _ _ _ _ _
I told you about that record.
That record every song on it was written. _ _ _
_ _ I got a it was written in a period it was really dark for
me.
I got dropped off my label was going through a divorce.
_ _ And a girl I've been dating while I was separated.
I was
separated for like two and a half years.
It was long as divorce. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So I moved on found a girlfriend.
She broke up with me the day
_ _ _ the day I got dropped.
It was just just the [B] worst day ever. _
_ _ I quit drinking for over a year and I [Ab] stayed away from people.
I was [E] reckless.
I'd [Gb] go two or three weeks and [Eb] I'd see her
talk to another [Dbm] guy. _
[Dm] _ So I'm crazy.
[Ab] What's your excuse?
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] I _ [N] _ _ _ wrote this whole album just kind of based on things that I saw.
_ _ _ Give _ me [E] some of your songs a little hard.
_ _ I [C] _ _ _ was _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ just a normal guy.
_ Life is just a nine to five.
It was [C] impressive.
I love to [G] sky. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Never knew I'd be _ hanging with my water friends.
Looking for some [C] other way to fly.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] Three days straight was no big [Cm]
thing.
You get by on no food or sleep you're [F] crazy.
What's [C] becoming my [Dm] new norm. _ _ _ _
[C] I pass out on the bedroom floor.
[G] Sleep right through the calm before [C] the storm.
_ Life _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
_ was just an old routine.
[G] _ Every day the same damn [C] thing.
Couldn't even [Bb] tell I [F] was alive.
_ _ I tell [C] you the high cost of living _ [G] ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high.
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
That [Cm] Southern Baptist parking lot was where I'd [C] go to smoke my
pot and sit there in my pickup [Gm] truck [G] and breathe. _ _ _ _ _ _
But staring at that giant cross just reminded me that I was lost.
And it just never [Gm] seemed to part the [C] way. _ _ _ _ _ _
As soon as Jesus turned his back I'd find my way [Cm] across the tracks.
[F] _ Looking [Em] just to score _ _ [Dm] another deal.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] With [C] my back against that damn [G] baseball I didn't have to think
or talk [C] or feel.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ My [F] life was just an old routine. _
[G] _ Every day the same damn thing.
[C] _ Couldn't even [Bb] tell I was [F] alive.
_ _ I tell [C] you the high cost of living _ [G] _
ain't nothing like the
cost of [C] living high. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Cm] My whole life went through my head.
_ _ [Gm] Laying in that motel [Cm] bed watching _ as a cop kicked [G] down the door.
_ _ I _ _ _ had a job and a piece of land.
My [A] sweet wife [G] was my best friend but I traded that for _ cocaine
[C] and a whore.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] My new found _ sobriety.
I've got the time to sit and think of all the [C] things I had and [Dm] threw away. _ _ _ _ _
[C] This prison is much colder than [G] that one that I was locked up in [C] just yet.
_ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F]
My life is just an old _ [G] routine.
Every day the same damn [C] thing.
_ [Bb] Hard to tell if [F] I'm alive.
_ _ _ I tell [C] you the high cost of [G] living _ ain't nothing like the
cost of living [C] high. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I tell you the high cost of living _
[G] ain't nothing like the
cost of [Bb] living _ [C] high. _ _ _ _
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