Tom: Am
INTRO RIFF (play 2 x) - (this is just one of the guitars):
Am Am
E|--------------------]------------------|
B|--------------------]------------------|
G|----------5---------]-------5-7h5------|
D|-------5-----5h7----]-----5--------7---|
A|---5h7--------------]-5h7--------------|
E|--------------------]------------------|
VERSE
G Dm Am
You’re the life of the party, everybody’s host
C G
Still you need somewhere you can hide
Dm Am
All your good-time friends and your fair-weather has-beens
C G
Lord knows….they’re just along for the ride
E7 Am
You think you’re a survivor, but boy you better think twice
G Dm D
No one rides for nothing, so step up and pay the price
CHORUS
F C G Am
It’s the high cost of low living
F C G Dm Am
Ain’t it high time you turned yourself around
F C G Am
Yeah, the high cost of low living
Eb F C
Bound to put you six feet in the ground
E|---------------]-17s~~--------------]|
B|-5-3p1---------]--------------------]|
G|---------2-----]--------------------]|
D|---------------]--------------------]|
A|---------------]--------------------]|
E|---------------]--------------------]|
G Dm Am
So many here who love you still you just can’t tell
C G
The real ones from those that drop your name
Dm Am
All the while behind your back they rip the flesh right from
your bones
C G
you should know by now we’re all fair game
E7 Am
You been chasing each dream with whiskey From here to Tokyo
G Dm D
Using up all your real friends No places left to go
CHORUS
F C G Am
It’s the high cost of low living
F C G Dm Am
Ain’t it high time you turned yourself around
F C G Am
Yeah, the high cost of low living
Eb F C
Bound to put you six feet in the ground
JAM: [Bb F ] [ C ] [Bb F] [ C ]
HED ’S THE ASCENDING RIFF AFTER THE 2ND CHORUS
E|-------------------]-------------------]-------12-14-15h17-15--]|
B|-------------------]-------------12-13-]-13-15-----------------]|
G|-------------------]----11-12-14-------]-----------------------]|
D|----------12-13-14-]-14----------------]-----------------------]|
A -12 14 15----------]-------------------]-----------------------]
Jam….
Eb Bb C
Don’t look behind you Don’t look back
Eb Bb C Dm D
Don’t try to find reasons In the past the past is gone
