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Half Empty Kinda Guy

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[Intro]
G D/F# Em C
[Verse]
GStrike another match
D/F#Babe, let’s watch it burn
EmThey say the simple truth
CIs the hardest to learn
GTrouble has been beside me
D/F#At each and every turn
EmI guess it’s something here inside me
CFairly hard to discern
GI don’t know who loves me
D/F#I only know who don’t
EmI don’t know who will
CI sure as hell know who won’t
GI can’t see the rainbow
D/F#I only see the rain
EmIt's hard to see the beauty
CAround so much pain
[Chrous]
CI can’t see the heaDvens
DI can only see the sEmky
CI’m a half empDty kinda guGy
[Verse]
GEverything I wanted
D/F#Always slowly slipped away
Right Emwhen I need it most
It’s aClways been this way
GI still feel like a clown
Standing D/F#here with the painted tears
EmI finally put that bottle down
CAfter all these years
GSo now I'm finally clean
But I’m as D/F#dirty as I’ve been
EmWhere it all went wrong
I couldn’t Ctell you how or when
GSo I’ll just keep on keeping on
D/F#Hope there'll come a day
These sEmhackles will be gone
And I’ll Cbe on my way
[Chorus]
CThere ain’t no silver lining
DI’ve searched low and hEmigh
CYeah I’m a half empty kiDnda guyG  
[Bridge]
DI cannot recEmall
CThe last time I heard good nGews
DI just ramble arEmound
CSinging these strange sort of bGlues
AmA gypsy read my cardEms to me
CAnd she let out a yeGll
CThere was a hangman and a Emtower
Dand a high priestess jezebel
CThen death oh death……Emwhy oh why
CI’m a half empty kinDda guyG  
[Verse]
GLately something strange
D/F#Has been happening to me
I wake nEmightly from slumber
CFilled with fear and anxiety
GThen I wrestle round for hours
D/F#With the voices in my head
EmTelling me what I should have done
CAnd everything I should have said
[Chorus]
CIf I wasn’t Dlaughing…
DYou could bet that I woEmuld cry
CYeah I’m a half empty kDinda guyG  

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Half Empty Kinda Guy

by Michael McDermott

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D/F#

[Intro]

G D/F# Em C

[Verse]

Strike another match

D/F#

Babe, let’s watch it burn

They say the simple truth

Is the hardest to learn

Trouble has been beside me

D/F#

At each and every turn

I guess it’s something here inside me

Fairly hard to discern

I don’t know who loves me

D/F#

I only know who don’t

I don’t know who will

I sure as hell know who won’t

I can’t see the rainbow

D/F#

I only see the rain

It's hard to see the beauty

Around so much pain

[Chrous]

C D

I can’t see the heavens

D Em

I can only see the sky

C D G

I’m a half empty kinda guy

[Verse]

Everything I wanted

D/F#

Always slowly slipped away

Right when I need it most

It’s always been this way

I still feel like a clown

D/F#

Standing here with the painted tears

I finally put that bottle down

After all these years

So now I'm finally clean

D/F#

But I’m as dirty as I’ve been

Where it all went wrong

I couldn’t tell you how or when

So I’ll just keep on keeping on

D/F#

Hope there'll come a day

These shackles will be gone

And I’ll be on my way

[Chorus]

There ain’t no silver lining

D Em

I’ve searched low and high

C D G

Yeah I’m a half empty kinda guy

[Bridge]

D Em

I cannot recall

C G

The last time I heard good news

D Em

I just ramble around

C G

Singing these strange sort of blues

Am Em

A gypsy read my cards to me

C G

And she let out a yell

C Em

There was a hangman and a tower

and a high priestess jezebel

C Em

Then death oh death……why oh why

C D G

I’m a half empty kinda guy

[Verse]

Lately something strange

D/F#

Has been happening to me

I wake nightly from slumber

Filled with fear and anxiety

Then I wrestle round for hours

D/F#

With the voices in my head

Telling me what I should have done

And everything I should have said

[Chorus]

C D

If I wasn’t laughing…

D Em

You could bet that I would cry

C D G

Yeah I’m a half empty kinda guy

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