Ramshackle Glory - Bitter Old Man

      
 
 INTRO
 
 D G A G 
     
 D                                      G                           A   G 
 i was born a bitter old man who got his heart broken in catalonia, 1936.
                      D                                      G      
 i haven??t felt right since, so i gave up on life before i arrived.
                                             A                            G             D    
 i knew this place wasn??t safe for anyone but fascists and republicans and their apologists.
 A              G             D             Em            A                                       
 but i swear to god, i??m gonna die full of naive optimism; a teenager??s heartbreaking conviction
 G                                                               A                             
 that things can be different. oh yeah, things are gonna be real different when we??re finished
        D    
 around here.
          Em            G      A 
 i always wanted to die young. 
 D        Em            G      A 
 i always wanted to die young. 
 D        Em            G     
 i always wanted to die young;
            A             Em                                        D G A G 
 now i feel younger every day, and i just hope i die younger than i am. 
 D                                      
 i can hear you from a dozen states away
 G                                      A                   G                D    
 shivering through a dope sick morning of no money left and nothing else to steal.
 D                                 G                                                  A    
 lord only knows that i??ve had my share, because there were years when i was ready to die,
                  G                       D                   
 but it??s only been recently that i??ve been willing to live.
 A               G            D                  Em             A 
 and i swear to god, i didn??t plan for things to end up this way.
                            G                             
 i had a teenager??s conviction that i would be different.
          A                                             D        
 oh yeah, i was gonna be real different than the person i became.
 
          Em            G      A 
 i always wanted to die young. 
 D        Em            G      A 
 i always wanted to die young. 
 D        Em            G     
 i always wanted to die young;
            A             Em                                        D G A G 
 now i feel younger every day, and i just hope i die younger than i am.  
 D             A            G                                
 but now living??s a struggle, except when it isn??t. (yeah),
 D             A                        G       
 i woke up this morning and i wasn??t in prison,
 D                  A                G      
 but i can??t promise that i??m far from it.
 i??d still kill a man for cigarette,
 D                    A               G        
 but with friends like you, who needs homicide?
 D                         A                    G    
 so this song goes out to all our homies locked down.
 D       A                     G      
 come on back now, we need you around.
 D              A                    G        
 that judge, he doesn??t know what he??s done.
 D          A                          G                  
 no, judges never know the things they do. how could they?