Standard tuning.
F C
Woke up to snow, it’s Christmas again
F C
But you’re still not home, got thrown in the pen
F C
And I’m 6 years old, sitting here thinking
Am F C
‘why am I always alone?’
F C G
So I watch my mama from the back of the van
F C G
As she drove along and having 7 kids
F C G
Must have been hard but daddy couldn’t
Am F C
stay out of the bar
F C
It’s a crying game
G C F C
Seeing him in prison on Christmas day
G F C
20 years later still such a shame
G Am F
To have a broken heart at such a young age
G Am F G
But now it’s all the same
F G
It’s a crying game
F C G
I missed the call and woke up to find
F C G
My brother was gone that’s when I lost my mind
F C G
At 18 years old wondering how
Am F G
life could be so cold
F C G
But we came together like never before
F C G
All my brothers and sisters kept mama at shore
F C G
Till we lost another, it’s hard to know just
Am F G
what to think no more
F C
It’s a crying game
G F C
To have to put my brothers in their graves
G F C
Life ain’t perfect but it’s such a shame
G Am F G
They left behind the stories that they never made
F G
Now it’s all the same
Am F G
It’s a crying game
F Dm F
Living, loving gets me through the pain
C G
Don’t take for granted a soul or a day
Dm F
Given where I’m going it’s crazy to think that
C G
There’s a million other people out there playing
F C
A crying game
G F C
There’s no winning, and no one to blame
G F C
Life is fragile and can slip away
G
And lemme tell you when it does
Am F G
it’s such a shame
F G
But it’s all the same
F
it’s a crying game.
