Capo 7th fret
Standard (EADGBE)
| / / / / | / / / / |(Riff twice)
I've got five--- minutes... to sneak a cigarette,
Five minutes to my - self,
Back behind the screen door of Andy's Luncheonette,
And I ain't got time to worry 'bout my health!
My boss, Andy, says I smoke myself to death,
Andy, he reminds me some of you,
Back when you were Romeo, and I was Juliet,
West Texas Capu - let and Monta - gue!
Now I don't think too much a - bout you anymore,
We weren't much more than kids,
Not much time to remi - nice!
| / / / / | / / / / | (Riff twice)
Most nights I come home from work, and I pour a glass of wine,
Some - times it's three, or four, before I stop,
And Jessie makes a sandwich... if I sleep through supper - time,
And she leaves me on the couch to sleep it off!
Now, Jessie just turned seventeen, and she's wild as she can be,
And there ain't nothing I can do,
Last weekend she ran off to meet a boy in Tennes - see,
Just like I used to run to you!
I gave her hell, when she came home this afternoon,
Mascara running down her face,
Seems like history repeats it - self, and it ain't up to you,
And in five---- minutes...
...your whole life can change!
| / / / / | / / / / | (Riff twice)
Now, Andy, he's good to me, and I can see it in his eyes,
He'd love to take your place,
But something deep in - side me just... withers up and dies,
To make love to him, and only see your face!
Somehow I've let my - self go gently down the stream,
A fine ex - ample I have set,
And I'm gonna smoke this cigar - tte!
| / / / / | / / / / | (Riff twice)
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