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Grievances (Daniel Johnston - Songs of Pain)                            7/20/2007

If I had my own way

You'd be here with me today   

But I rarely have my own way

I guess that's why you're not here with me today

And the librarian said

'You can't buy no respect'

I said, ‘Hey, lady, what can you expect

When I'm lying on the floor?’

Well I love the lady but you don't wanna be

No girl of mine

Well the only thing you ever done for me

Was help me waste my time

And I saw you at the funeral

You were standing there like a temple

I said ‘Hi!  How are you?  Hello!’

And I pulled up a casket and crawled in

Yes, I did

Climbed up a Mountain and I looked around

Some kind of circus with all them clowns

I said hey wait a minute can't we slow down a bit

And I almost got hit by a truck

Well it just goes to show you that we're all on our own

Scrounging for our own share of good luck

Stab your brother in the back

And pick up your pay check

Good-bye lonely heart drawings

You never did work anyhow

I'm looking for a nice girl

And I don't want no cow

I'm heading out West

Gonna find me the best

Well, I played the game but I failed the test

If I can't be a lover then I'll be a pest

Yes, I will

Grievances
CHORDS

(thanks to Brett Hartenbach)

(intro) C F G

C G Am Em F C G C G Am Em F C G

C    G          Am  Em   F            C                 G

If I had my own way you'd be with me here today                                   

            C    G            Am  Em                 F                               C                 G

But I rarely have my own way I guess that's why you're not here with me today              

Am            G          F   G

And the librarian said                                        

Am            G          F

You can't buy no respect

          Am    G            F

I said hey lady what can you expect                           

                  Am     G         C        C F G C C F G

When I'm lying on the floor

 C                      G                  Am              Em F  C       G

You’re a lovely lady but you don't wanna be no girl of mine  

               C    G                     Am         Em            F             C          G

Well the only thing you ever done for me was help me waste my time                                     

          Am        G            F     G

And I saw you at the funeral                                  

                  Am          G               F

You were standing there like a temple                         

          Am       G            F

I said hi, how are you, hello                                 

           Am                  G                        C C F G           C

And I pulled up a casket and crawled in     …    Yes I did

C F G

C                     G                  Am           Em  

Climbed up a Mountain and I looked around

F                      C                              G

Some kind of circus with all them clowns                      

           C               G                     Am                Em

I said hey wait a minute can we slow down a bit             

            F             C           G

And I almost got hit by a truck                               

            C                  G                            Am             Em

Well it just goes to show you that we're all on our own    

F                              C                            G

Scrounging for our own share of good luck                  

C                G                  Am    Em

Stab your brother in the back                                 

F              G                  F       Em  Dm C  F  G

And pick up your paycheck                                   

C G Am Em F C G C G Am Em F C G

C         G             Am            Em           F            C             G

Goodbye lonely heart drawings you never did work anyhow                                     

  C    G                 Am  Em      F           C          G

I'm looking for a nice girl and I don't want no cow                                       

Am    G               F     G

I'm heading out west

Am        G                F

Gonna find me the best                                        

            Am            G               F

Well I played the game but I failed the test                  

        Am            G                        C  C F G         C   C F G

If I can't be a lover then I'll be a pest  … Yes I will

(outro) C F G