Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

I've been a worm since I was born

 But I'll change before I die

Someday soon I'll come out of this cocoon

And turn into a butterfly

Verse 2

Grandpa drank mash and talked that trash

Died in a coal mine blast

Daddy smoked crack talked straight smack

Got a cap popped in his ass

Verse 3

Daddy died and momma cried

On the shoulders of other men

I stayed home all alone

Played with my imaginary friends

Bridge

They're pretty good guys who like to get high

 It helped to stop the pain

One quick blast makes your heart beat so fast

 You feel the blood boiling in your veins

Verse 4

My buddy Vernon loved his bourbon

And everything else that burned

My girl Ophelia only drank tequila

Her favorite part was the worm

Verse 5

We were playing by the tractor with an old firecracker

And a can of gasoline

There was one quick blast that burned all the grass

Brightest thing that I had ever seen

Verse 6

I saw my grandpappy flying behind my daddy

They picked me up where I fell down

The field was burning Ophelia and Vernon

Slithered back into the ground

Verse 7

Momma came running I tried to yell something

But my mouth couldn't form the words

She didn't see me up there so high in the air

With all the butterflies and the birds