A Lot Like Me Chords by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Tempo:
111.45 bpm
Chords used:
Am
A
G
Dm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[D]
[F#] [G]
I'm not going.
[D]
[A]
I'm not going.
I'm not going.
[G] [A]
High up on a rocky ledge, holding all she's got.
[E] It ain't much except a shattered dream and broken heart.
[A] He used her up, made her old before her time.
[Bm] She's gonna take that final step [A] and leave her pain behind.
All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] Her love her pack into [Am] one lying silver tone.
[Dm] She won't speak his name, [Em] it's too much [C] to bear.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he left her there.
[Am] Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [Am] me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [A] me.
He was just a boy, barely 17.
[G] Feeling drunk and talking tough [Am] but he wasn't really mean.
Bumped into this sidewinder, should have backed away.
[G] Gave him some lip, turned out they were [A] the last words he would say.
All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] His killer pack into [A] one smoking silver gun.
[Dm] None asked his name, [C] nobody dared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as the blue smoke cleared.
[Am] Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [A] me.
Shaw look no lot like [Am] me.
Oh, [G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [Am] me.
Devil came and said, [G] sinner finally you're all mine.
[F] Pardon me Mr.
Devil, [Am] but I think I need more time.
I've got a lot of mending [A] up in life to do.
The devil [F] said, you should have thought of that before [E] I came for you.
[Am] Take this rope and [A] wind it once for every lie.
[F] Once for every thoughtless act, [Am] twice for tears that cry.
[A] Walked 50 miles naked in the desert sun.
[Am] Ran for the souls that you have ruined one by one.
[Dm] None knew his name, [Em] nobody [C] cared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he was [G] hanging there.
[A] Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh, [G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [Am] like me.
[A] Oh,
[G] [A] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh,
[G] [A] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
[Em] [Am]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [E]
[A] [Em] [A] [Am]
[Dm] Shaw [Em] look not [Am] like me.
[G] [A] [Dm] [Em]
[A] [Am]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [Em]
[Am] Shaw look not
[D]
[F#] [G]
I'm not going.
[D]
[A]
I'm not going.
I'm not going.
[G] [A]
High up on a rocky ledge, holding all she's got.
[E] It ain't much except a shattered dream and broken heart.
[A] He used her up, made her old before her time.
[Bm] She's gonna take that final step [A] and leave her pain behind.
All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] Her love her pack into [Am] one lying silver tone.
[Dm] She won't speak his name, [Em] it's too much [C] to bear.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he left her there.
[Am] Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [Am] me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [A] me.
He was just a boy, barely 17.
[G] Feeling drunk and talking tough [Am] but he wasn't really mean.
Bumped into this sidewinder, should have backed away.
[G] Gave him some lip, turned out they were [A] the last words he would say.
All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] His killer pack into [A] one smoking silver gun.
[Dm] None asked his name, [C] nobody dared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as the blue smoke cleared.
[Am] Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [A] me.
Shaw look no lot like [Am] me.
Oh, [G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [Am] me.
Devil came and said, [G] sinner finally you're all mine.
[F] Pardon me Mr.
Devil, [Am] but I think I need more time.
I've got a lot of mending [A] up in life to do.
The devil [F] said, you should have thought of that before [E] I came for you.
[Am] Take this rope and [A] wind it once for every lie.
[F] Once for every thoughtless act, [Am] twice for tears that cry.
[A] Walked 50 miles naked in the desert sun.
[Am] Ran for the souls that you have ruined one by one.
[Dm] None knew his name, [Em] nobody [C] cared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he was [G] hanging there.
[A] Oh,
[G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh, [G] [Am] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [Am] like me.
[A] Oh,
[G] [A] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh,
[G] [A] [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
[Em] [Am]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [E]
[A] [Em] [A] [Am]
[Dm] Shaw [Em] look not [Am] like me.
[G] [A] [Dm] [Em]
[A] [Am]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [Em]
[Am] Shaw look not
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm not going.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ _ not going.
I'm not going. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
High up on a rocky ledge, holding all she's got.
[E] It ain't much except a shattered dream and broken heart.
[A] He used her up, made her old before her time.
[Bm] She's gonna take that final step [A] and leave her pain behind.
All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] Her love her pack into [Am] one lying silver tone.
[Dm] She won't speak his name, [Em] it's too much [C] to bear.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he left her there.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [Am] me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [A] me. _ _ _ _ _ _
He was just a boy, barely 17. _ _
[G] Feeling drunk and talking tough [Am] but he wasn't really mean. _
Bumped into this sidewinder, should have backed away.
[G] Gave him some lip, turned out they were [A] the last words he would say.
_ All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] His killer pack into [A] one smoking silver gun. _
[Dm] None asked his name, [C] nobody dared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as the blue smoke cleared.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [A] me.
Shaw look no lot like [Am] me.
_ Oh, [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [Am] me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Devil came and said, [G] sinner finally you're all mine.
[F] Pardon me Mr.
Devil, [Am] but I think I need more time.
I've got a lot of mending [A] up in life to do.
The devil [F] said, you should have thought of that before [E] I came for you.
[Am] _ Take this rope and [A] wind it once for every lie.
[F] Once for every thoughtless act, [Am] twice for tears that cry.
[A] Walked 50 miles naked in the desert sun.
[Am] Ran for the souls that you have ruined one by one.
[Dm] None knew his name, [Em] nobody [C] cared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he was [G] hanging _ there.
_ _ [A] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
_ Oh, [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [Am] like me.
_ _ _ [A] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh, _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look not [Am] like me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ Shaw _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ look not
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm not going.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm _ _ not going.
I'm not going. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
High up on a rocky ledge, holding all she's got.
[E] It ain't much except a shattered dream and broken heart.
[A] He used her up, made her old before her time.
[Bm] She's gonna take that final step [A] and leave her pain behind.
All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] Her love her pack into [Am] one lying silver tone.
[Dm] She won't speak his name, [Em] it's too much [C] to bear.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he left her there.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [Am] me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw look [Em] no lot like [A] me. _ _ _ _ _ _
He was just a boy, barely 17. _ _
[G] Feeling drunk and talking tough [Am] but he wasn't really mean. _
Bumped into this sidewinder, should have backed away.
[G] Gave him some lip, turned out they were [A] the last words he would say.
_ All the sins that men commit before they're done.
[G] His killer pack into [A] one smoking silver gun. _
[Dm] None asked his name, [C] nobody dared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as the blue smoke cleared.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [A] me.
Shaw look no lot like [Am] me.
_ Oh, [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot like [Am] me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Devil came and said, [G] sinner finally you're all mine.
[F] Pardon me Mr.
Devil, [Am] but I think I need more time.
I've got a lot of mending [A] up in life to do.
The devil [F] said, you should have thought of that before [E] I came for you.
[Am] _ Take this rope and [A] wind it once for every lie.
[F] Once for every thoughtless act, [Am] twice for tears that cry.
[A] Walked 50 miles naked in the desert sun.
[Am] Ran for the souls that you have ruined one by one.
[Dm] None knew his name, [Em] nobody [C] cared.
[F] But I saw his face [G] as he was [G] hanging _ there.
_ _ [A] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
_ Oh, [G] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [Am] like me.
_ _ _ [A] _ Oh, _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
Shaw look no lot like me.
Oh, _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look no lot [A] like me.
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Shaw [Em] look not [Am] like me. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ Shaw _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ look not