Key:  E 

INTRO:  A   A#dim7  E   C#7   F#7   B7   E 

VERSE: 
E
Hey, once I was the honky-tonkin' talk of the town 
 
      A                 E
Ridin' high in my bad Chevrolet 
 
E                                 C#7
I had seven pretty women, Lord, hangin' on me 
 
  F#7                   B7
A different one for every day 
 
   E
But look at me now, all my women's left town 
 
     A                          E
And a buck is gettin' hard to come by 
 
    A         A#dim7
Well I must confess 
 
  E            C#7
My life's a big mess 
 
      F#7         B7          E
I'm so low, I could lay down and die 
 
CHORUS: 
E
Well, you never know just how good you've got it 'till you 
 
A                  E
....ain't got it no more 
 
E                             C#7
You never know just how high you're flyin' 'till you 
 
F#7                 B7
Fall face down on the floor 
 
E
All I can do is just moan the blues  
 
    A                    G#7
And dream about what I had before 
 
        A        A#dim7
Hey, you never know just how  
 
E          C#7
Good you've got it 'till you 
 
F#7   B7        E
Ain't got it no more 
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL:  E   A   E   C#7  F#7  B7   E   A   E   A   A#dim7 
       E   C#7  F#7  B7  E

VERSE: 
E
Hey, lately I've become one pool-sharking fool 
 
       A                       E
Make my livin' on them buddies of mine 
 
E                                          C#7
I was cookin' last night when the chips were all down 
 
        F#7                     B7
So I layed everything I had on the line 
 
      E
Well i knew I'd regret that hundred dollar bet 
 
       A                        E
But you never learn until it's too late 
 
   A          A#dim7
We flipped and I lost 
 
   E           C#7
Then I payed the cost 
 
        F#7      B7           E
When the eight fell in on the break 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
       A        A#dim7
No, you never know just how 
 
E         C#7
Good you've got it 'till you 
 
F#7      B7        E   E
...Ain't got it no more