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Date: 1/13/02; 2:53:38 AM
 From: "gabriel pearlman" 
 Subject: townes songs
 hello.
 my name is gabe.
 thankyou for your great website.
 i'd simply like to relate a song of the late, great townes van zandt for 
 y'all.
 as with many townes songs, they appear on multiple recordings, and i don't 
 know which ones are the originals.
 all the verses are played the same. there is a half measure hesitation on Dm 
 between the first and second , and third and fourth phrases of each verse.
 a bridge can go in there wherever y'all feel like. ( i tend to play it 
 before the last verse).
 
 WAITING ROUND TO DIE
 Key of A minor
 
 Am                                                          Dm
 Sometimes I don't even know where this dusty road is taking me
 Am                                                  E
 Sometimes I don't even know the reason why
 Am
 But I figure I'll keep on ramblin'
            Dm
 Lots of booze and lots of gamblin'
      Am                E                    Am
 It's easier than just waitin around to die.
 
 
 Once I had a Ma, I even had a Pa
 He hit her with a belt once 'cause she cried
 She told him to take care of me
 Headed back to Tennessee
 It was easier 'n just waitin around to die.
 
 I came of age and I met a girl
 in a Tuscaloosa bar
 She cleaned me out and hid it on the sly
 I tried to kill the pain
 I bought some wine and hopped a train
 It was easier than just waiting around to die
 
 My friend said he knew where some easy money was
 We robbed a man and brother did we fly
 The police caught up with me
 drug me back to muskogee
 Now it's two long years of waitng around to die.
 
 Now I'm out of prison
 I got me a friend at last
 He don't drink, or  cheat, or steal, or lie
 His name's codeine
 he's the finest thing I've seen
 and together we're gonna wait around to die.