Intro: C7 D7 G Verse: Em A7 Wonder how I didn’t die C Cm G D B7 Em This is not my life. I’m no survivor, I only happened to survive. A7 Wonder how I sleep at night C Well I count pink elephants, blessings and skeletons, D7 Down the days I have left, with one eye open G G7 That was me screaming “xxxxx I am reality” C A7 Then stumbling off to lose myself in a brown paper bag, ‘cause me and G B7 Em Em7 Em7 Em Sweet Evan Williams have a date down on Avenue a staving shakes scraping change till daybreak A7 Turns out anyone can eat out the trash D Then wake up on the freeway mid-crash Chorus: G I was drunk D When I made my bed D7 Now with the half-decade hangover C G C7 I lay down in it D7 G What have I done? D Don’t know what I’ve said? D7 It’s a half-decade hungover B7 Em Either this, in jail or dead C It’s a half-decade hungover Cm G Jesus Christ, my aching head Verse: Em A7 Waste not, want not borrowed time C Cm Lender knows I’ve tried G D B7 To make it right, give back my life and if not Em Take it ‘cause lately I’ve been thinking maybe I could A7 Take it or leave it if I can’t at least break even then I’m leaving when C I been feelin’ this awful since I hit bottom then D7 said “hand me my shovel, man, I’m going in!” G G7 Oh brother -man, you call that recovered? C A7 Tripped on a couple steps, and collapsed on the stairs G B7 Broke my neck on the backs of those who I’ve hurt and scared Em Em7 Em7 Em Like it’s a good thing you said “you’ve got your whole life ahead” A7 Oh great, another half a century to live to regret D7 I’d rather be anybody else instead Chorus: G ‘Cause I was drunk D When I made my bed D7 Now with the half-decade hangover C G C7 I lay down in it D7 G What have I done? D Don’t know what I’ve said? D7 It’s a half-decade hungover B7 Em Either this, in jail or dead C It’s a half-decade hungover Cm G Jesus Christ, my aching head Bridge: Em C7 C Cm G B Em A7 C D G G7 Sober, but still so much still hangs over. C C7 Please believe me when I say I’ve poured my whole past down the drain D7 B7 Say that a second chance is a chance I can take Em Em7 Em7 Em But I can’t make amends for things I don’t remember A7 B7 I can only say “I’m sorry” and occasionally pray Em Em7 Em7 Em Guess you’ll just have to take my word that I’ve changed D7 D After one thousand eight hundred twenty five days Chorus: G I was drunk D When I made my bed D7 Now with the half-decade hangover C G C7 I lay down in it D7 G What have I done? D Don’t know what I’ve said? D7 It’s a half-decade hungover B7 Em Hand me my ibuprofen C It’s a half-decade hungover Cm G Jesus Christ, my aching head
