Steve Earle : I Feel Alright

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I was born my papa's son

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) A wandering eye and a smokin' gun

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Now some of you who've lived through me

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) Would lock me up and throw away the key

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Or just find a place to hide away

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And hope that I'll just go away

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But I feel alright

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I feel alright tonight

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But I feel alright

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) I feel alright tonight Now I bring you precious contraband And ancient tales from distant lands Of conquerors and concubines And conjurers from darker times Of betrayal and conspiracy Sacrilege and heresy That I feel alright I feel alright tonight I feel alright I feel alright tonight I've got everything you want and need Your darkest fear your fondest dreams Ask you questions tell you lies Criticize and sympathize Well be careful what you wish for friend 'Cause I've been to hell and now I'm back again I feel alright Yeah I feel alright tonight Yeah I feel alright And I feel alright tonight I feel alright I feel alright

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Girl, don't bother with lockin' your door

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He's out there hollerin', "Darlin', don't you love me no more?"

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You always let him in before, now didn't ya?

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He's just singing the same old song that he always sang before

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He's the last of the hard-core troubadours Girl, better figure out which is which Wherefore art thou Romeo you son of a bitch You'd just as soon fight as switch, now wouldn't ya? He come to make love on your satin sheets, wake up on your living room floor He's the last of the hard-core troubadours

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He's the last of the all-night, do-right

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Stand beneath your window till daylight

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He's the last of the hard-core troubadours

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Oh baby, what you waitin' for? |

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Girl, better figure out what you're gonna do When he moves off again and he leaves you lonely and blue You knew he's just passin' through, now didn't ya? You can just tell yourself it's the last time baby, like you always did before He's the last of the hard-core troubadours He's the last of the all-night, do-right Stand beneath your window 'til daylight He's the last of the hard-core troubadours Tell me what you're waitin' for He's the last of the all-night, do-right Hey Rosalita would you come out tonight He's the last of the hard-core troubadours |

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Capo:

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Harp:

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with capo] (straight)

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I'm trying hard to let you go

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But it's more than I can do

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And every day or two

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I wind up right back where I started I'm trying not to let you know That I'm still in love with you I can't just sit home blue Cause there ain't no rest for the broken hearted

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Just because you won't unlock your door

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That don't mean you don't love me anymore

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I'm never gonna let you go

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No matter what you do

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) Because you know it's more than I can do |

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You told me that I got to stop But it's more than I can do And that ain't nothing new Cause we both know I'm crazy about you You said you're gonna call the cops But I ain't gonna run Because you're the only one There ain't no way I could live without you You left me just when I needed you So I ain't even close to through with you I'm never gonna let you go No matter what you do Because you know it's more that I can do |

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Here I am, out in the rain

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I know I can't ever wash out the pain

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I never meant to be cruel or untrue

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But I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you Girl, I won't say I'm hurtin' more I know that you've heard all that before So go on, believe what you wanna believe But I'm hurtin' you, then I'm hurtin' me

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I know it's hard to keep hanging on

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You think that I hold all of the cards, I know you're wrong

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And girl, just like me, you ain't got a clue

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That I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you You know I love you, baby, God only knows that I do I know I've been bad, baby, I never ever meant to be bad to you I never meant to be cruel or untrue But I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you I know it's hard to keep hanging on You think that I hold all of the cards, I know you're wrong And girl, just like me, you ain't got a clue

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That I'm just hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you

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I'm hurtin' me when I'm hurtin' you

Harp:

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She was her daddy's little darlin'

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Her mama's only child

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They didn't understand at all when

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She took to running wild

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She left town one day and never said goodbye

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Left a hole in Daddy's lap, a tear in mama's eye

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Where'd we go wrong, now she's gone She met a boy up in Kentucky Charlie was his name Just when he thought he got lucky She stole his watch and chain She always kept on moving and she never wasted time And they say she left quite a string of broken hearts behind Woke up alone, now she's gone |

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| Me, I wasn't even trying You could say I was content She went through my life like lightning Blew out the other end I still taste her kisses smell her perfume in the wind And if I could, you know that I would do it all again She done me wrong, Now she's gone |

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I was born on the other side of town

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Everybody over here just put me down

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I never thought about it much

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Till the first time I saw you

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Uh-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do? It's bad enough to love you from afar Me down here and you up where you are If you hadn't given me that look That's all it took, it's true Uh-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do?

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Baby what's a poor boy got?

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Not a heck of a lot, just a heart that's true

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One thing he sure don't need

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Is a heart that bleeds and these lovesick blues I know a poor boy can't go far Baby, maybe someday drive your car I can look in my rear view Into those eyes of blue Uh-oh, what's a poor boy gonna do? |

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| Baby what's a poor boy got? Not a heck of a lot, just a heart that's true One thing he sure don't need Is a heart that bleeds and these lovesick blues I know a poor boy can't go far Baby, maybe someday drive your car And I can look in my rear view Into those eyes of blue Uh oh what's a poor boy gonna do? Uh oh what's a poor boy gonna do?

(Show chord shapes)

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I come to you with empty hands

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I guess I just forgot again

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I only got my love to send

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On Valentine's Day

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I ain't got a card to sign

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Roses have been hard to find

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I only hope that you'll be mine

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On Valentine's Day

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I know that I swore that I wouldn't forget

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I wrote it all down, I lost it I guess

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There's so much I want to say

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But all the words just slip away

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The way you love me every day

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Is Valentine's Day

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If I could I would deliver to you

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Diamonds and gold, it's the least I can do

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So if you'll take my IOU

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I could make it up to you

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Until then I hope my heart will do

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For Valentine's Day

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For Valentine's Day

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In the middle of the night

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In the middle of a long night

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Stands alone in the pale moonlight

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Screams out in defiance He's got no one to turn to You could talk till you turn blue He'd just turn his back on you Ain't no compromising

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Cause he's totally untamed

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No fear of the unnamed

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Oh man, he'll take the blame

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Someone's gotta do it, someone's gotta... |

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Now he's out on the highway He's got the key and the right of way His tank is full and his toll's paid Hellbound and determined He run a dangerous payload When he comes to the crossroads Ah, man it's all times to explode You'll just see the sky burnin' Cause he's totally untamed No fear of the unnamed But he'll take the blame Cause someone's gotta do it Now he's standin' at hell's door With a bad attitude and a forty-four The devil said, "What's up man, now what you come here for?" He said, "Man, let's just get to it" He said, "I always heard that you were the bad one There's a few places I ain't been, a few things I ain't done You got your pitchfork and I got my gun" Someone's gotta do it Cause he's totally untamed No fear of the unnamed But he'll take the blame Cause someone's gotta do it, someone's gotta...

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

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Yeah, cocaine cannot kill my pain Cocaine cannot kill my pain Cocaine cannot kill my pain Like a freight train through my vein Cocaine cannot kill my pain Now whiskey got no hold on me Whiskey got no hold on me Whiskey got no hold on me Left them chains in Tennessee Whiskey got no hold on me Now don't come knocking on my door Girl, don't come knocking on my door Don't come knocking on my door Even that won't work no more Don't come knocking on my door 'Cause heroin's the only thing Heroin's the only thing Heroin's the only thing The only gift the darkness brings Heroin's the only thing Guess you'd best leave me alone Guess you'd best leave me alone Guess you'd best leave me alone At least until these blues have gone Guess you'd best leave me alone Cocaine cannot kill my pain Cocaine cannot kill my pain Cocaine cannot kill my pain Like a freight train through my vein Cocaine cannot kill my pain

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Billy was seventeen, mean as hell Bonnie said she was thirty, it was hard to tell Now Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight Now Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows Taught Billy every single thing he knows But she never told Billy what she left out The part about the trouble when your times runs out

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When the thrill is gone, when your deal goes south

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It's all over when your time runs out Well Bonnie said, "Billy, don't you think it's time We moved on a little further down the line?" So they knocked off a Texaco south of town Blew down the highway with the rag-top down Now Billy woke Bonnie up about daylight Said, "You drive, honey, I've been up all night" Now Billy wasn't sweating no APB Because they didn't leave a single soul alive to see He was just 16, made his mama proud That don't mean nothing when your time runs out Now Bonnie kept pushing that Cadillac Billy passed out with the seat reared back Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops He never knew nothing when the dime was dropped Now Bonnie knew what she had to do She called the sheriff and she cried on cue And the state police rousted Billy out He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time ran out The sheriff told Billy, "Boy, you're bound to die 'Cause this young lady's going to testify That you done took her off against her will And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed" Now the judge said, "Billy, what you got to say Before I have the sheriff carry you away?" Now Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye But he didn't even have to ask her why But he turned around as they led him out He said, "I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out"

Capo:

VI

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I went down town, just to ease my pain

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I went down town, just to ease my pain

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I ended up out walkin' in the rain I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I had everything I needed to get me killed The Southside girls, they suit me just fine The Southside girls, they suit me just fine As long as I got money they don't whine The devil lives on Lewis Street I swear The devil lives on Lewis Street I swear I seen him rockin' in his rockin' chair I start way up top of Lewis Street, and I walk down to the end I start way up top and I walk down to the end I go way down in the bottoms, and I come back up again Now Mama told me, Papa too, they both talked till they turned blue But I got them ol' South Nashville blues again I won't be satisfied until they lock me up again

Harp:

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) I've spent my life following things I can not see And just when I catch up to them they slip away from me I've been down a thousand trails I've never walked before I found out that without fail they lead me to your door

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And the world keeps turning round and round

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It leaves me hanging in the air

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My heart keeps turning upside down

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And you're still standin' there |

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Now lately I see all the signs, I feel it in the wind And the same thing happens every time that you come back again I admit that there are nights, when I sit up and cry And sometimes I turn out the lights and pray you'll pass me by And the world keeps turning round and round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there |

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Since you're gone my empty arms got nothing left to hold And your memory cannot keep me warm but it never leaves me cold And the world keeps turning round and round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there And the world keeps turning round and round It leaves me hanging in the air My heart keeps turning upside down And you're still standin' there |

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Steve Earle : I Feel Alright
1996

Feel Alright

Hard-Core Troubadour

More Than I Can Do

Hurtin' Me, Hurtin' You

Now She's Gone

Poor Boy

Valentine's Day

The Unrepentant

Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain

Billy And Bonnie

South Nashville Blues

You're Still Standin' There

Steve Earle : I Feel Alright 1996

Feel Alright

Hard-Core Troubadour

More Than I Can Do

Hurtin' Me, Hurtin' You

Now She's Gone

Poor Boy

Valentine's Day

The Unrepentant

Cocaine Cannot Kill My Pain

Billy And Bonnie

South Nashville Blues

You're Still Standin' There

Steve Earle : I Feel Alright
1996