Billy Strings - This Old World

[Intro]
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[Verse]
A
Well there’s nothing worse than feeling
G D
Like you’re first in line for losing
A G Bm
I thought my life was cruising then it crumbled all away
G D G
I had a lot to give but what I gave should be forgotten
D A Bm
Unnoticed like a stranger I’ll surrender for the day

G D A D

A
Well this night was an illusion,
G D
It came down like an intrusion
A
I stay up through the night though
G Bm
I can’t stand it sinking low
G
I’m a witness to the fight between
D G
The darkness and the light
D
You’re a mean old world I’m leaving though
A Bm
I have no place to go
G D
You’re a mean old world I’m leaving though
A D
I have no place to go

[Chorus]
A D
This old world took me for a ride
G D A
I lost everything I had and then my pride
D G
So much that I don’t know, but I guess I’m set to go
D A G
And this old world she took me for a ride

D A D

[Verse]
A
I was raised when I saw ugliness
G D
To try to make some beauty
A
Found purpose in the duty when
G Bm
I couldn’t find the shore
G D G
What beauty couldn’t lift just simply floated on adrift
D A Bm
Rolling on directionless and lost forevermore

G D A D

A
It goes from bad to worse sometimes
G D
Before it can get better
A
I string some words together and
G Bm
Just try to speak the truth
G D G
I have a lot to get, I hope my lot will be forgiven
D A Bm
Pardon me for living for the time I’m here with you
G D A D
Pardon me for living for the time I’m here with you

[Chorus]
A D
This old world took me for a ride
G D A
I lost everything I had and then my pride
D G
So much that I don’t know, but I guess I’m set to go
D A G
And this old world she took me for a ride

D A D

[Bridge]
A
When I lay my body down I’d like to
G D
Feel the dirt beneath me
A
And the howling wind could sheath me and
G Bm
I’d finally be set free
G
For a moment you can yawn and
D G
Throw my things into a pile
D
My dawn is finally here and
A Bm
Yours might come in just a while
G D
My dawn is finally here and
A D
Yours might come in just a while

[Chorus]
A D
This old world took me for a ride
G D A
I lost everything I had and then my pride
D G
So much that I don’t know, but I guess I’m set to go
D A G
And this old world she took me for a ride
D A D
This old world she took me for a ride

[Outro]
G D A Bm
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