All Used Up

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Played with a waltz (3/4) rhythm
This is tabbed at capo 2, the way Utah plays it. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M2ABPpp1vY
You can also hear the song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx0xg32qf6c
Note the chord sequence changes in Verse 5
[Verse 1]
D A
I spent my whole life making somebody rich,
G A
I busted my ass for that son-of-a-bitch,
D G
and he left me to die like a dog in a ditch
D A D
and told me I'm all used up.
G D
He used up my labor, he used up my time,
G A
He plundered my body and squandered my mind
D G
and gave me a pension of handouts and wine
D A D
and told me I'm all used up.
[Verse 2]
D A
My kids are in hock to a God you call work
G A
Slaving their lives out for some other jerk
D G
My youngest in Frisco just made shipping clerk
D A D
And he don't know I'm all used up
G D
Young people reaching for power and gold
G A
Don't have respect for anything old
D G
For pennies they're bought and for promises sold
D A D
Someday they'll all be used up
[Verse 3]
D A
They use up the oil, they use up the trees,
G A
they use up the air, and they use up the sea,
D G
Well how about you friend and how about me?
D A D
What's left when we're all used up?
G D
I'll finish my life in this crummy hotel.
G A
It's lousy with bugs, and my God, what a smell!
D G
But my plumbing still works and I'm clear as a bell.
D A D
Don't tell me I'm all used up!
[Verse 4]
D A
Outside my window the world passes by
G A
It gives me a handout and spits in my eye
D G
And no one can tell me 'cause no one knows why
D A D
I'm livin' but I'm all used up
G D
Sometimes in my dreams I sit by a tree
G A
My life is a book of how things used to be
D G
And kids gather 'round and they listen to me
D A D
And they don't know I'm all used up
[Verse 5]
G D
And there's songs and there's laughter and things I can do,
G A
and all that I've learned I can give back to you,
D G
I'd give my last breath just to make it come true,
D A D
No, I'm not all used up.
G D
They use up the oil and they use up the trees,
G A
They use up the air and they use up the sea,
D G
Well, how about you friend, and how about me?
D A D
What's left when we're all used up?

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Free chords for All Used Up by Utah Phillips. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Played with a waltz (3/4) rhythm
This is tabbed at capo 2, the way Utah plays it. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M2ABPpp1vY
You can also hear the song at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx0xg32qf6c
Note the chord sequence changes in Verse 5
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]

All Used Up Chords by Utah Phillips

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