G            G7         G              G7
Now you're lookin' at a man that's gettin' kind-a mad
  G            G7            G        G7
I had lot's of luck but it's all been bad
   D
No matter how I struggle and strive
     D7                           G
I'll never get out of this world alive.

II:

   G              G7        G                G7
My fishin' pole's broke the creek is full of sand
   G         G7         G      G7
My woman run away with another man
   D
No matter how I struggle and strive
     D7                           G
I'll never get out of this world alive.

BRIDGE:

  C                             G
A distant uncle passed away and left me quite a batch
    C
And I was livin' high until that fatal day
  D
A lawyer proved I wasn't born
      D7
I was only hatched.

III:

G            G7                G      G7
Ev'rything's agin' me and it's got me down
   G               G7            G       G7
If I jumped in the river I would prob'ly drown
   D
No matter how I struggle and strive
     D7                          G
I'll never get out of this world alive.

BRIDGE:

      C   
These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
    G
Are full of holes and nails
    C
And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime
  D                                                  
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails.

IV:

G             G7             G     G7
I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
G                    G7       G          G7
'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright no how
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7                               G
I'll never get out of this world alive.
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7                               G
I'll never get out of this world alive.