Tails Facing Up Chords
Tails Facing Up by Drive-By Truckers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Cadd9, D, Asus2 and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G Cadd9
Me and my brother's old lady went out and got stinking,
D
she solved her curiosities about me by the railroad tracks.
G Cadd9
She said I reminded her of him before he started drinking
G D G
and banging the babysitter every time she turned her back.
Cadd9 G
We opened up the sunroof and smoked a big ole joint
G
and drank a case of Pabst Blue Ribbon
D
listening to the crickets and trains.
Cadd9 G Cadd9
Every so often she'd lapse into narcotic rambling.
Asus2 Em7 Asus2 Cadd9
Moon and mascara. I've always been a holy terror.
Asus2 G Cadd9
Temptations lurking every where.
Asus2 Cadd9
If your mind's in the gutter, Beware!
G
You'll find me there.
G Cadd9
Me and a friend were talking after the funeral.
D
She said it should have been me but I'm still around
G Cadd9
and I been so wild, I'm surprised I made it to the seventh grade,
G D G
and all my dead friends have settled down.
Cadd9 G
My eyes were puffy and she asked if I'd been crying.
G D
I said 'tears are for pussies' but who was I kidding.
Cadd9 G Cadd9
So we stopped at the bar and drank them dry.
Asus2 Em7 Asus2 Cadd9
Beer and tequila. I've always been a thrill seeker.
Asus2 G Cadd9
But thrills are a dime a dozen these days.
Asus2 Cadd9
And I found a dime in the gutter today.
Asus2 G Cadd9
Tails facing up. Still fucking up. Still fucking up.
G Cadd9
A funny thing happened on my way to a strange way of thinking.