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Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro & Verse picking:

Intro

Verse 1

It was 1985

When your son and I drove by

 And saw you standing there

Outside the liquor store

With a bottle in your hand

 Living the life you chose

Pre-chorus

I always wondered why

 We just drove on by

 I never saw you again

Chorus

You never tried to be a better man

 You chose to run instead

All of the guilt you carried

 Was written on your face

I never knew the day you died

 Would take it all away

Verse 2

Soon his mother died

And all the locked up pain inside

Began to rear its head

And all the memories

Like some old bad disease

Was finally put to bed

Pre-chorus

I always wondered why

 We just drove on by

 But now I understand

(Chorus)

Bridge

(chorus)

| / slide up

| \ slide down

 | hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note