IntroAEAEBm7EVerse 1E
He drinks orange juice and vodka in the basement while she’s talkin’
EBm7
To someone, long distance, for hours and hours on end
Bm7
And as he slowly sipping he thinks about his children
Bm7E
And the heart attacks that youngest daughters always giving him
E
He ain’t smoke no marijuana since he got on with the railroad
EA
And he’s been on with the railroad for a long and loathsome while
AE
But the day that he retires he will smoke himself to China
Bm7AE
He will leave behind his worries as he’s racing through the sky
[Isntrumental]
EAEBm7EVerse 2E
She sells Avon to her buddies and saves a little money
EBm7
On the makeup she’s been using to hide away the years
Bm7
And she sits and watches TV usually every evening
Bm7E
If there aint some kind of ball game her daughter has to cheer
E
She sneaks menthols in the morning while her family’s still a-snoring
EA
And as she burns the Eggos she looks back at her life
AE
That heart she broke in high school he’s singin’ on the Opry
Bm7AE
She wonders what the hell that she was thinking at the time
ChorusAE
Oh the days are dark down in the holler
Bm7E
Waitin’ for the sun to shine
AE
On the back you’ve been breaking
Bm7E
Trying to earn peace of mind
[Isntrumental]
EAEBm7EVerse 3E
Their youngest daughter Stella she’s been running with this fella
EBm7
That he can not stand the thought of that he surely does despise
Bm7
He’s told her he’d best never see the two of them together
Bm7E
But its hard to keep an eye on her when you’re working all the time
E
There are things he needs to tend to and the bills the bank keeps sendin’
EA
Lord the zeros on the end keep pushing further to the right
AE
Like a freight train haulin’ sorrow and moving ever onward
Bm7AE
Through the tunnel of forever towards the never Ending light
ChorusAE
Oh the days are dark down in the holler
Bm7E
Waitin’ for the sun to shine
AE
On the back you’ve been breaking
Bm7E
Trying to earn peace of mind
Bm7E
Trying to earn peace of mind
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.