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Dreadful Selfish Crime

Robert Earl Keen Jr
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 Seems  like yesterday  I was  here
 Dreamin'  my life  away and  drinkin' beer
 Staying  up till dawn strummin' on guitars
 Sleepin'  all day long just like the big rock stars
 Barely  livin' on money  from tip jars
 I had a little place just up the block
 Had me a French girlfriend I loved the way she talked
 We spent our afternoons watchin' the TV
 Findin' things to do that we could do for free
 When we split up she said you don't do enough for me
 I  am guilty of a dreadful  selfish crime
 I  had robbed myself of  all my precious time
 Had my first gig here in the neighborhood
 We had a little band I thought was good
 Hocked my old shotgun bought a used P.A.
 We got a quart of rum drank it all that day
 When the big gig come we were just to drunk to play
 Sometimes I can't believe those days are gone
 Most of my friends back then have moved along
 One's in Hollywood one's a millionaire
 Some are gone for good some still livin' here
 Me I'm just the same lost in a crowd
 Lookin' for the rain in a thunder cloud
 I have moved around but it don't matter though
 One thing I have found there are just two ways to go
 It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow

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Readable chord sheet for Dreadful Selfish Crime by Robert Earl Keen Jr

[G]   [Em]

 [G]   [Em]

 [G]   [Em]

 [G]   [Em]

S[G]eems like ye[Em]sterday I [G]was here[Em]

D[G]reamin' my l[Em]ife away an[G]d drinkin' bee[Em]r

S[C]taying up till dawn strummin' on guitars [G]     [Em]         [G]             [Em]

S[C]leepin' all day long just like the big rock st[G]ars [Em]     [G]         [Em]

B[D]arely livin' on m[C]oney from tip jars   [G]       [Em]           [G]               [Em]

I had a little place just up the block
Had me a French girlfriend I loved the way she talked
We spent our afternoons watchin' the TV
Findin' things to do that we could do for free
When we split up she said you don't do enough for me

I[C] am guilty of a d[D]readful selfish cri[G]me  [C]      [D]          [G]

I[C] had robbed myself o[D]f all my precious tim[G]e    [Em]         [G]            [Em]

Had my first gig here in the neighborhood
We had a little band I thought was good
Hocked my old shotgun bought a used P.A.
We got a quart of rum drank it all that day
When the big gig come we were just to drunk to play

Sometimes I can't believe those days are gone
Most of my friends back then have moved along
One's in Hollywood one's a millionaire
Some are gone for good some still livin' here
Me I'm just the same lost in a crowd
Lookin' for the rain in a thunder cloud
I have moved around but it don't matter though
One thing I have found there are just two ways to go
It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow

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