G:     5 5 0 0 3 3
Cadd9: X 3 2 0 3 3
A7:    X 0 2 0 2 0
A/D:   X X 0 2 2 X
G/B:   X 2 X 0 0 X


[Intro]
A G D
A G D


[Verse 1]
A      G              D
In the early morning hours
A       G                 D
Just before you're wide awake
A            G               D
Before you summons all your powers
E                  G         G D
To cover up your big mistake
A             G              D
When all the coulda woulda beens
A      G              D
Collide with shoulda knowns
A             G                  D
And all your rage and angst hillbilly sins
E                         G D/F# Em D
Have an odor all their own


[Chorus 1]
             A         G       Bm
Aw, but it's all right, it's okay
       Em       G        Bm     Asus2
You'll learn to look the other way
G       A      G       Bm
Life is short, life is long (hey)
    G        D/F#   Em        D
Get your guitar and sing this song:G
G D/F# Em D Cadd9  A7
La-da-da-da-da-da-da


(Octaves)
C# C B A


[Verse 2]
A          G                D
Now you're kickin' back the covers
A          G                  D
Now you're ready to make your stand
                 A                          G                  D
You never really ever thought that you were quite like all the others
E                          G
No you had promise in your hands
A        G                D
And you studied truth and honor
A          G                D
Oh but you did not pass the test
  A       G              D
Oh up in heaven you're a goner
E                             G D/F# Em D
Seems you're as human as the rest


[Chorus 2]
                   A     G      Bm
Yeah, but it's all right, it's okay
       Em       G          Bm    Asus2
You'll learn to stand some other way
G            A     G          Bm
Like on your knees or on your back (hey)
     G        D/F#       Em      D
Take one last breath and fade to black
G D/F# Em D Cadd9  A7/C#
La-da-da-da-die-die-die
     E       G
Die-die-die-die-die


[Bridge]
C G/B G C  G/B G        D Dsus2 A/D
Nobody said it would be easy
    C G/B G C   G/B G
And nobody said it had to be this
A
Hard
A
This hard


[Solo]
A G D
A G D
A G D
E G D/F# Em D


[Verse 3]
Asus2                             D
And when you're floating o'er the mountain
Asus2                    D
With the living world below
                   A              G     D
They're so full of hope and so full of wanting
E                                G D
Most of which they'll never know
A            G                D/F#   G
But you have heard the angels singing
A            G                D/F#   G
Hell they're singing to you yet
A         G                   D/F#   D
Take the gifts that they are bringing
E                        G
They may be all that you get


[Chorus 3]
                A     G     Bm
Oh but it's all right, it's ok
       Em   G          Bm    Asus2
You'll be a saint some other day
G         A   G  Bm
Fare thee well, adios
         G        D       A             G D A D
Yeah, we hurt the ones we love the most
       G        D       A   A/G   A/F# A/E
And we blame it on Hank Williams' ghost