Capo 2: Verse 1: A I refuse to spend the rest of D my days trying to get away A from all the things I did E when I knew not what I had done A Oh so young and tired of love D was not an item my own A bottle always refused to hear them tell me E not to stare into the sun A This pornographic place told me D A a body was to be feared and then wanted at the same E time man, if you could figure how. A Fear because it was the pathway D A to a mortal sin and then wanted because we'll all be dust a E A few short years from now. Chorus: E D It's a broken hearted world that we inherit E D All we're told is to do sit and bear it A For a little while, D A On this dark and dirty mile. V2 A Took awhile at least for me D to live enough 'till I believed in A none of what I heard and less than E half of what I saw A Mark the days have come and gone D some are lost and some are wrong A and way back home we'll figure out E a place to place it all Chorus: E D It's a broken hearted world that we inherit E D All we're told is to do sit and bear it A For a little while, D A On this dark and dirty mile D A We're all family here on trial D A D On this dark and dirty mile Instrumental with verse A, D, finishing D, E, A V3 A Finally I realized that D knowledge better make you wise A and all the knots you tied E will leave you in a ball. A Helpless as when we were born D thread barren and holy worn A out shivering as summer E gives way to early fall Chorus: E D It's a broken hearted world that we inherit E D All we're told is to do sit and bear it A For a little while, D A On this dark and dirty mile D A We're all family here on trial D A D On this dark and dirty mile