Tired Old Phrasesv2

Cadillac Sky - Tired Old Phrases

from Letters in the Deep (2010)

Other than a couple of Emaj7 embellishments in verses 3 & 4 the chords are the same for

the verses and instrumentals.

I don't know if I've said anything

in this life that's worth re-mem-ber-ing

Nothing bold, nothing brave

just these tired old phrases

And I don't know what they mean

I've written my old self a letter

I've moved on, I already forget her

She's gone, we're alone, far from our home

but I promised me things will get better

instrumental

The Devil is laughing at me

he knows all the evil I've seen

And though he helped them begin

I own all my sins

And the fault lies clearly with me

I'm tired of coming home smelly

half a bottle of Jack in my belly

My eyes red, my throat sore

My young body too worn out to

still only be in it's twenties

instrumental full mellody:

And I'm sorry for being so bad

to my dear old mother and dad

I threw some fits,

they put up with it

and now I owe them all that I am

Someday when my folks meet their end

if by chance I live longer than them

For the love that they gave

and the music we made

I'll be proud to have called them my friends

E xx2100

Emaj7 xx2130

B7 xx1202

A xx2220

C#m7 xx6454

Picking: something like strings 4 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 (or 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 2

or 4 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 ?)

Hopefully someone who knows something about bluegrass can verify this or get the picking

more exact.

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--Art