CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: D G D Lonesome stranger, won't you share my bed G D Asus2 D The sidewalk siren at the bus stop said G D Love is a tear in a salty bay G D Asus2 D And it's hard to make it in this world today G G/F G/E Love is a river, but the river run dry D And the clouds blow bitter in a bone-yard sky G G/F G/E Flesh dries up and it burns away D And you can't remember where your heart once lay Asus2 D And it's hard to make it in this world today G D Dandy Don, he's a velvet hand G D Asus2 D He's my silent partner, he's the inside man G D Holds me shaking through the shotgun dawn G D Asus2 D And he keeps me walking down this road I'm on G G/F G/E Keeps me running when he calls my name D He shines the light, but he kills the flame G G/F G/E Stones me simple when I try to speak D And he bruise my face, but he kiss my cheek Asus2 D And it's hard to make it when you get this weak INSTRUMENTAL: D G D G D Asus2 D (2x) D G D One of these mornings, gonna spread my wings G D Asus2 D Like a red-ass robin at the gates of spring G D Rise up singing on a cyclone wind G D Asus2 D 'Til the walls of this city come tumbling in G G/F G/E Walls of this city come tumbling, rumbling D 'Round my head like an old man stumbling G G/F G/E I don't care if the mountains fall D There's a little blue egg in the middle of this all Asus2 D And it's hard to make it when you feel so small D G D Bus pulled up and I climbed inside G D Asus2 D I sat in the window and I waved goodbye G D She stood staring at the blue machine G D Asus2 D Singing, "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen" G G/F G/E Nobody cares and nobody knows D Only weeds remember where your headstone grows G G/F G/E And it's dust to ashes and wings to clay D And I check my wallet as we pull away Asus2 D 'Cause it's hard to make it in this world today