Todd Snider — Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern
CADGC
Old Miss Virgy tended bar at this shack out in the hills
AD7G
It never made her any money boys but paid of all her bills
CF
Now she must have been 80 years old but her heart was warm
D7
And her beer was cold
CA
She gave away more than she ever sold
DGC
Smiling all the time
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I used to sing off in the corner every Friday night
AD7G
To a loud crowd of cowboys, bikers and bar room fights
CFD7
They were drinking beer, carrying on, not a one of them listening to one of my songs
CA
But old Miss Virgy sang along
DGC
She said she knew 'em all by heart
CADGC
And then one night after closing she poured me another beer
A
She said "Come on over and sit down you little shit
D7G
I got something you need to hear"
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She said "Life ain't easy getting through everybody's gonna make things tough on you
CADGC
But I can tell you right now if you dig what you do, they will never get you down"
CA
She said life's too short to worry
DGC
Life's too long to wait
CA
Too short not to love everybody
D7G
Life's too long to hate
C
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time
FD7
Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime
CADGC
Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time
CADGC
Now I ain't seen Ol' Virgy in must have been about ten years
AD7G
I've been bumming around this country singing my songs for tips and beers
C
Now the nights are long
The driving's tough
FD7
Hotels stink, and the pay sucks
CADGC
But I can't dig what I do enough, so it never gets be down
CA
I say life's too short to worry
DGC
Life's too long to wait
A
Too short not to love everybody
D7G
Life's too long to hate
C
I meet a lot of men who haggle and finagle all the time
FD7
Trying to save a nickel maybe make a dime
CADGC
Not me, no sireee, I ain't got the time