Calvino Sinclair - Low Shelf Life

      [Intro]
E Am E Am

[Verse]
E
You leaned to my right and whispered me a lie.
Am
I didn't believe it.
I couldn't if I tried.
E
If I tried to forgive you I wouldn't
             Am
forgive myself.
Dm
I'll place your heart next to the
E                                  Am
broken bottle on the shelf.

[Interlude]
E Am E Em

[Verse]
Am
I'm a sinning man but I'll pay for my sins.
E
A pound of flesh and a shot of gin.
Am                              Dm            E
Shotgun at my boot, fire in my eyes.
Am                 E
I won't shoot unless you keep
     Em                 Am
on telling those lies.

Dm
Spent my day and my dimes at the telephone booth.
E
I'm not wasting time I'm just wasting my youth.
Am
Spent a cent for a dame and lent her my name.
E
A familiar face or just someone to
Am
blame?

E
Making deals, taking strolls.
Am
Lift me high when I'm feeling low.
E
Take a chance to lose control.
Em
You know it takes a certain man to
                             Am
go and sell your soul.

E
I've got a dusty denim vest and a snakeskin belt.
Am
I've got a worn and weathered notch for every blow that I've dealt.

E

Am
I'm a sinking man but I refuse to be saved.
E
A pound of flesh in a watery grave.
Am                                        Dm
Cement around my boots, fire in my
E
eyes.
Am                         E
I've been sinking, I've been drinking,
Em                                      Am
you've been telling those lies.

Dm
Spent the best of my days in an old jail cell.
E
Relying on your calls for that dinner bell.
Am
Spent my life for a dame and lent her my name.
E
A familiar face or just someone to
Am
blame?

E
Lift me up, get down low.
Am
Take a chance and take it slow.
E
Lift me up, slow your roll.
Em
I'm a certain kind of man, I might
                     Am
just sell my soul.

E
You're lying at my right, you took a chance but you lied.
Am
Who knew the day that you broke me was the day that you died.
E
I damn sure don't regret it.
I couldn't if I tried.
Em
'Cause I tried to forgive you I
                             Am
wouldn't forgive myself.
Dm
I'll place my shotgun next to your
E                                 Am
broken heart on the shelf.

[Outro]
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