Hellbender

Verse E A B7 e|---0-----0-------0-----0--------2-----2---| B|---0-----0-------2-----2--------0-----0---| G|---1-----1-------2-----2--------2-----2---| D|---2-----2-------2-----2--------1-----1---| A|--(2)-2-(2)---0-(0)---(0)----2-(2)---(2)--| E|-0------------------0--------------2------| Intro e|---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------| B|---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------| G|---1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1------------------| D|---2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2---------2--0-----| A|--(2)(2)(2)(2)-2-(2)(2)(2)(2)---(2)(2)(2)(2)---1--2------2p1-| E|0-----------------------------0-----------------------------3| [Verse 1] E In the cold early morning in the hills of Kentucky D B7 I woke to the sound of the rain E And the girl from last evening laid silently sleeping B7 E F# G G# Though I couldn't remember her name A My head was a pounding and the sweat poured E D B7 Around me like the faucet that she left on high E With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older B7 E And I swear I could break down and cry [Verse 2] E I Never once made a dollar, which I didn’t gamble D B7 Or scramble to burn at both ends E I’ve raged all night long, in the hour beforе dawn B7 E F# G G# On spirits and bitters and blends A What’s left of my day might bе crimson or E D B7 Grey but never again black and white E With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older B7 E And I swear I could break down and cry [Verse 3] E I'm a fool with my money and I'm a fool with D B7 My drinking I'm sinking to bottom of the well E Adding fuel to the fire like my wildest desire B7 E F# G G# Is to spend the next lifetime in hell A I could cruise down to Hades, in a E D B7 Snow white Mercedes and a devilish look in my eye E With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older B7 E And I swear I could break down and cry [Verse 4] E There's a hard place on one side and a D B7 Rock on the other, no corners to cut in this maze E Only one way to do it, just to grin and bear through it B7 E F# G G# I've been drinking up the courage for days A So I’ll drain every cup and keep stacking them up E D B7 Till the sun stumbles out of the sky E With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older B7 E And I swear I could break down and cry Outro E I’ll keep on this way till my last dying day D B7 It’s a blessing I’ve tried to disguise With a chip on my shoulder I’m another day older B7 E And I swear I could break down and cry