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The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me by Kris Kristofferson
The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me
Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G
I was stumble bummin' down them neon Music City sidewalks
A G D
With a junkie and a juicehead who had problems of their own
D G
Stuck with luck that kept me standin' just a step away from starvin'
A G D
And some talent that I swore I'd show before I'd go back home
G
80 days out of the army, makin' neither love nor money
D E7 A7
And my only set of clothes was gettin' closer to the bone
D G
Then the junkie placed an order with the prophet on the corner
A G D
While he told us of the soul that he'd been sellin' for a song
[Chorus]
G D
He said my fortune was my future but I let it slip away
A D
Slowly smokin' myself broke on 80 cigarettes a day
G D
Findin' out that crime ain't all there is that doesn't pay
G A
And writin' songs for no one but myself, and the juicehead who said
G D
If I can read my fortune, in the bottom of a glass
A D
Then I can see it's time for me to make my last request
G D
Will you fill my grave with whiskey when I'm laid away to rest
A D
So the boys can say I drank my way to hell
[Break]
D
[Verse 2]
D G
Well, I drank the whole thing over, put 1 and 2 together
A G D
And it added up to more of what I didn't wanna be
D G
I ain't blamin' Music City but it's only gonna see me
A G D
One more work day and a wake up and the time it takes to leave
G
'Cause I got a dirty picture of what could've been my future
D E7 A7
In a prophet pushin' daydreams on the corner for a fee
D G
And a wino lookin' lonely at a bottle gettin' empty
A G D
And a hungry lookin' junkie huntin' tea and sympathy
[Chorus]
G D
And I bet that junkie's laughin' at the life he threw away
A D
While he's smokin' himself broke on 80 cigarettes a day
G D
Pleadin' down the prophet to a price that he can pay
G A
And writin' words that no one's gonna see, but the juicehead who said
G D
Every empty bottle is his private crystal ball
A D
Where he stares into the future findin' nothin' there at all
G D
Which is all I'll miss tomorrow when them neon shadows fall
A D
On a junkie and a juicehead minus me
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