Alcohol And Pills Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Hank Williams,
he [C]came up from Montgomery
[D]With a heart full of broken
country [Em]songs
And Nashville [C]Tennessee didn't
really understand him
[D]'Cause he did things differently [Em]than
the way that they were done
When he [C]fi nally made it to the Grand Ole Opry,
[Em]he made it stand still
[D]He ended up on alco[G]hol and pills
[Em]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Elvis [C]Presley, he came up from Jackson
With [D]a brand new way of singin', Lord,
and [Em]a brand new way of dancin'
And even from the waist up, Lord,
he [C]gave the world a thrill
He [D]ended up on alcohol [Em]and pills

[Verse 3]
[G]Alcohol and pills,
[D]it's a cryin' shame
[Am]You think they might have been happy
with the [C]glory and the fame
[G]But fame doesn't take away the pain,
[D]it just pays the bills
And you [Am]wind up on [C]alcohol and pills
[Em]

[Verse 4]
Janis Joplin,
[C]she was wild and reckless
And [D]then there was Gram Parsons, Lord,
and [Em]then there was [G]Jimmy [Em]Hendrix
[D]The story [Em]just goes on and
on and I [C]guess it always will
They [D]ended up on alcohol
[Em]and [G]pills[Em]

[Verse 5]
[G]Alcohol and pills, [D]it's a cryin' shame
You [Am]think they might have been happy
with [C]the glory and the fame
But [G]fame doesn't take away the pain,
[D]it just pays the bills
And you [Am]wind up on [C]alcohol and pills
[Em]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Sometimes,
somebody just [Em]doesn't wake up one day
[Am]Sometimes, it's a heart attack,
some[D]times they just don't say
But they [Em]pulled poor old Hank Williams
out of a Ca[C]dillac Coupe de Ville
He [D]ended up on alcohol [Em]and pills

[Verse 7]
[G]Alcohol and pills,
[D]it's a cryin' shame
[Am]You think they might have been happy
[C]with the glory and the fame
[G]But fame doesn't take away the pain,
[C]it [D]just pays the bills
And you [Am]wind up on [C]alcohol and pills
[Em]And you wind[Am] up on
[C]alco[D]hol an[Em]d pills