Chords for Kris Kristofferson - The junkie and the juicehead minus me (1970)
Tempo:
84.2 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Bm]
[D] I was stumbled bumming [Em] down them [G] neon music city [A] sidewalks
With a junkie and a juice head [G] who had problems [D] of their own
Stuck with luck that kept me standing [G] just a step away from starving
[A] And some talent that I swore I'd [G] show before I'd go [D] back home
[G] Eighty days out of the army making neither love nor money
[D] My only set of clothes was [E] getting closer [A] to the bones
[D] And the junkie placed an order [G] with a profit on the corner
[A] While he told us of the soul that [G] he'd been selling [D] for a song
He [G] said my fortune was my future [D] but I let it slip away
[A] Slowly smoking myself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] Finding out that crime ain't [D] all there is it doesn't pay
[G] And writing songs for no one [A] but myself and a juice head [G] who said
I can leave my fortune [D] in the bottom of a glass
[A] And I can see it's time for [D] me to make my last request
[G] Will you fill my grave with whiskey [D] when I'm laid to rest
[A] So the boys can say I drank my [D] way to hell
Well I drank the whole thing over [G] putting one and two together
[A] And it added up to more of [G] what I didn't [D] want to be
I ain't blaming Music City [G] but it's only gonna see me [A] one more work day
And I'll wake up [G] and the time it [D] takes to leave
[G] Cause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my future
[D] And a profit bush and daydreams [E] on the corner [A] for a fee
[D] And a wino looking lonely [G] at a bottle getting empty
[A] And a hungry looking junkie [G] hunting tea and [D] sympathy
And [G] I bet that junkie's laughing at [D] the life he threw away
While [A] he's smoking himself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] Bleeding down a profit to [D] a price that he can pay
[G] And writing words that no one's [A] gonna see
But that you said, who [G] said every empty bottle [D] is his private crystal ball
[A] Where he stares into the future [D] finding nothing there at all
Which [G] is all I'll miss tomorrow when [D] them neon shadows fall
On [A] a junkie and a juice head [D] minus me
[N]
[D] I was stumbled bumming [Em] down them [G] neon music city [A] sidewalks
With a junkie and a juice head [G] who had problems [D] of their own
Stuck with luck that kept me standing [G] just a step away from starving
[A] And some talent that I swore I'd [G] show before I'd go [D] back home
[G] Eighty days out of the army making neither love nor money
[D] My only set of clothes was [E] getting closer [A] to the bones
[D] And the junkie placed an order [G] with a profit on the corner
[A] While he told us of the soul that [G] he'd been selling [D] for a song
He [G] said my fortune was my future [D] but I let it slip away
[A] Slowly smoking myself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] Finding out that crime ain't [D] all there is it doesn't pay
[G] And writing songs for no one [A] but myself and a juice head [G] who said
I can leave my fortune [D] in the bottom of a glass
[A] And I can see it's time for [D] me to make my last request
[G] Will you fill my grave with whiskey [D] when I'm laid to rest
[A] So the boys can say I drank my [D] way to hell
Well I drank the whole thing over [G] putting one and two together
[A] And it added up to more of [G] what I didn't [D] want to be
I ain't blaming Music City [G] but it's only gonna see me [A] one more work day
And I'll wake up [G] and the time it [D] takes to leave
[G] Cause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my future
[D] And a profit bush and daydreams [E] on the corner [A] for a fee
[D] And a wino looking lonely [G] at a bottle getting empty
[A] And a hungry looking junkie [G] hunting tea and [D] sympathy
And [G] I bet that junkie's laughing at [D] the life he threw away
While [A] he's smoking himself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] Bleeding down a profit to [D] a price that he can pay
[G] And writing words that no one's [A] gonna see
But that you said, who [G] said every empty bottle [D] is his private crystal ball
[A] Where he stares into the future [D] finding nothing there at all
Which [G] is all I'll miss tomorrow when [D] them neon shadows fall
On [A] a junkie and a juice head [D] minus me
[N]
Key:
D
G
A
E
Bm
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
[D] I was stumbled bumming [Em] down them [G] neon music city [A] sidewalks
With a junkie and a juice head [G] who had problems [D] of their own
Stuck with luck that kept me standing [G] just a step away from starving
[A] And some talent that I swore I'd [G] show before I'd go [D] back home
_ [G] Eighty days out of the army making neither love nor money
[D] My only set of clothes was [E] getting closer [A] to the bones
[D] And the junkie placed an order [G] with a profit on the corner
[A] While he told us of the soul that [G] he'd been selling [D] for a song
He [G] said my fortune was my future [D] but I let it slip away
[A] Slowly smoking myself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] Finding out that crime ain't [D] all there is it doesn't pay
[G] And writing songs for no one [A] but myself and a juice head [G] who said
I can leave my fortune [D] in the bottom of a glass
[A] And I can see it's time for [D] me to make my last request
[G] Will you fill my grave with whiskey [D] when I'm laid to rest
[A] So the boys can say I drank my [D] way to hell _ _ _ _ _
Well I drank the whole thing over [G] putting one and two together
[A] And it added up to more of [G] what I didn't [D] want to be
I ain't blaming Music City [G] but it's only gonna see me [A] one more work day
And I'll wake up [G] and the time it [D] takes to leave
_ [G] Cause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my future
[D] And a profit bush and daydreams [E] on the corner [A] for a fee
[D] And a wino looking lonely [G] at a bottle getting empty
[A] And a hungry looking junkie [G] hunting tea and [D] sympathy
And [G] I bet that junkie's laughing at [D] the life he threw away
While [A] he's smoking himself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] _ Bleeding down a profit to [D] a price that he can pay
[G] And writing words that no one's [A] gonna see
But that you said, who [G] said every empty bottle [D] is his private crystal ball
[A] Where he stares into the future [D] finding nothing there at all
Which [G] is all I'll miss tomorrow when [D] them neon shadows fall
On [A] a junkie and a juice head [D] minus me _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[D] I was stumbled bumming [Em] down them [G] neon music city [A] sidewalks
With a junkie and a juice head [G] who had problems [D] of their own
Stuck with luck that kept me standing [G] just a step away from starving
[A] And some talent that I swore I'd [G] show before I'd go [D] back home
_ [G] Eighty days out of the army making neither love nor money
[D] My only set of clothes was [E] getting closer [A] to the bones
[D] And the junkie placed an order [G] with a profit on the corner
[A] While he told us of the soul that [G] he'd been selling [D] for a song
He [G] said my fortune was my future [D] but I let it slip away
[A] Slowly smoking myself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] Finding out that crime ain't [D] all there is it doesn't pay
[G] And writing songs for no one [A] but myself and a juice head [G] who said
I can leave my fortune [D] in the bottom of a glass
[A] And I can see it's time for [D] me to make my last request
[G] Will you fill my grave with whiskey [D] when I'm laid to rest
[A] So the boys can say I drank my [D] way to hell _ _ _ _ _
Well I drank the whole thing over [G] putting one and two together
[A] And it added up to more of [G] what I didn't [D] want to be
I ain't blaming Music City [G] but it's only gonna see me [A] one more work day
And I'll wake up [G] and the time it [D] takes to leave
_ [G] Cause I got a dirty picture of what could have been my future
[D] And a profit bush and daydreams [E] on the corner [A] for a fee
[D] And a wino looking lonely [G] at a bottle getting empty
[A] And a hungry looking junkie [G] hunting tea and [D] sympathy
And [G] I bet that junkie's laughing at [D] the life he threw away
While [A] he's smoking himself broke on [D] eighty cigarettes a day
[G] _ Bleeding down a profit to [D] a price that he can pay
[G] And writing words that no one's [A] gonna see
But that you said, who [G] said every empty bottle [D] is his private crystal ball
[A] Where he stares into the future [D] finding nothing there at all
Which [G] is all I'll miss tomorrow when [D] them neon shadows fall
On [A] a junkie and a juice head [D] minus me _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _