D Cadd2 G/b D An' my belly is craving, I got a shakin' in my head D Cadd2 G/b A I feel like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were dead D Cadd2 G/b A If I lived till tomorrow it's gonna be a long time D Cadd2 G/b D For I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine D Cadd2 G/b /f D G/b D An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
When I was a young man I learned not to care Wild whiskey "in fronted", I often did swear My mother and father said whiskey is a curse But the fate of their baby is many times worse An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
You'll forget your woman, you'll forget about man Try it just once, an' you'll try it again It's sometimes you wonder and it's sometimes you think That I'm a-living my life with abandon to drink An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
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Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns Stay away from the men pushin' the codeine around Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found I'll live a few days as a slave to codine An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
An' my belly is craving, I've got a shakin' in my head An' I've started heating whether my body said Stave yourself with the grains of cocaine An' you'll end up dead or you'll end up insane An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time