C#
once i knew this boy
                   F#
you wanted what you could get
       G#           C#
if you wanted it so bad
            F#             G# [pause]     C#
why did you go and take it out in trade instead


C#      
my momma cried
              F#
she shook and wandered off
     G#
to a different place and
C#                              F#              G# 
my daddy couldn't make things better then if he couldn't say it


G               A     D
wait around and maybe i'll
G               A      D
forget about it after awhile but
  G               A       D  E
instead i like to think a-head
 G          A        D 
  'til they find you dead

[Bridge w/ Bridge riff]
         C#   
skipping out on god is bad
                   F#
but not worse than mitigating it
G#
that's why i don't
C#
make the time to hope and pray
   F#             G#
so i'm just gonna shine
       C#               F#                    G#
in the brillance of the only one who's gotten you behind


G               A     D
wait around and maybe i'll
G               A      D
forget about it after awhile but
  G               A       D  E
instead i like to think a-head
( G )         A        D 
  'til they find you dead


G               A     D 
wait around and maybe i'll
G               A      D
forget about it after awhile but
  G                A      D  E
instead i like to think a-head
       G       A
'til i find a bag and
G      A
get my turn in
G    A        D
effigy you'll burn