Sober Chords

SONG:   SOBER
ARTIST: JAMEY JOHNSON
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/Rel6-4fFtp8?si=kBOe1ky7k4mRwSWl
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
 
 
                                SOBER
                            JAMEY JOHNSON
 
CAPO: 1st FRET
 
[Intro]
E    E    F#7    F#7    A    B7    E    E
 
 
[Verse]
           E
I've been mad
 
I've been drunk
                                       F#7
I've been so high I can't tell up from down
 
     A7
But lately I've been working
    B7                                E         E
On trying to get my feet back on the ground
 
 
[Verse]
         E
It ain't easy on the wagon
                                         F#7
Hell I lost more of my mind than I have found
 
           A7
All these drinking songs we're playing
         B7                         E     E7
Make it hard staying sober in this town
 
 
[Verse]
            E
I'd take a paycheck and I'd turn it
                                              F#7
To a sack of weed and I'd burn it straight to hell
 
     A7
I'd drink a beer joint dry
              B7                         E        E
And then the next day I'm right back at the well
 
        E
If the body is a temple
                                             F#7
I worked hard to keep the steeple spinning 'round
 
         A7
Then one day I heard the preacher say
           B7                         E       E
Lord it's hard staying sober in this town
 
 
[Instrumental/Solo]
E    E    F#7    F#7    A7    B7    E    E
E    E    F#7    F#7    A7    B7    E    E
 
 
[Verse]
        E
Lord I pray for the courage
                                    F#7
To greet the hardened faces with a smile
 
            A7
They don't notice any difference
           B7                            E              E
But then again I guess forgiveness just takes a while
 
              E
Would you believe He'd give a sinner
 
Like me amazing grace
     F#7
How sweet that sound
 
               A7
But it's been hell crossing over
         B7                         E     E
It's so hard staying sober in this town
 
 
 
[Outro]
         F#m7
And the hardest part ain't over
         F
It's so hard staying sober
         E
In this town
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