{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":823586,"song":"High Cost Of Living","artist":"Jamey Johnson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/823586-high-cost-of-living-chords-by-jamey-johnson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/823586?type=chord","rating":4.80378,"votes":736,"content":"Capo on 3\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was just a normal guy.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLife was just a nine to five.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith bills and pressure piled up to the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe never asked, she knew I'd been,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nhangin' with my wilder friends.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlookin' for some other way to fly.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd three days straight was no big feat[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd get by on no food or sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd crazy, was becoming my new norm.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd pass out on the bedroom floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sleep right through the calm before the storm.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy life was just an old routine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEveryday the same damn thing, I couldn't even tell I was alive.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI tell you. The high cost of living, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nain't nothin' like the cost of living high.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat Southern Baptist parking lot.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas where I'd go and smoke my pot.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSit there in my pick-up truck and pray.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd staring at that giant cross.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust reminded me that I was lost.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it just never seemed to point the way.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs soon as Jesus turned his back.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'd find my way across the track.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLookin' just to score another deal.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith my back against that damn eight ball.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI didn't have to think or talk or feel.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy life was just an old routine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEveryday the same damn thing, I couldn't even tell I was alive.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI tell you. The high cost of living, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nain't nothin' like the cost of living high.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy whole life went through my head.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLayin' in that hotel bed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWatchin' as the cops kicked in the door.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI had a job and a piece of land.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd my sweet wife, was my best friend.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I traded that for cocaine and a whore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith my new found sobriety.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've got the time to sit and think.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOf all the things I had, and threw away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis prison is much colder than that[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\none I was locked up in just yesterday.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy life was just an old routine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEveryday the same damn thing, hell I can't even tell I'm alive.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI tell you. The high cost of living, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nain't nothin' like the cost of living high.[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 3\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","E","D","C#m","Bm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}