Sooner Than Later

D G Em

[Verse 1]
D             Em              G
  All dressed up and nowhere to go.
D              Em                 G
 I’m headed to hell in a pair of…

Gasoline drawers.
     D                 Em
Well I don’t know what I’ve been told
         G
But I’ll tell you something that I wish I’d known -
        D     Em                    G
They’re only words, unless they’re true,
    D         Em                 G
And I should never have lied to you.

[Verse 2]
   D                    Em
So please tell me what you would say
         G
When the IRS finds your tax haven,
D                Em
On the shores of the Seychelles
   G
Or somewhere nice like Curacao.
  D      Em                      G
I never should have bought me a boat.
        D              Em            G
Now I’m up the damned crick without propulsion.

[Chorus]
A                        G
 I ain’t no wolf of any corporate elite.
A                                 G
 But now the walls are crumbling down around me.
A                               G
 So if I say “I’m sorry” for involving you,
A                               G
 Will that propel you to pay my bailout
             D
sooner than later?

G D G

[Verse 3]
D      Em             G
 I’d atone for all my sins,
D             Em           G
 If I wasn’t already so far into the red.
D              Em
I know I said “Fools Rush In”
         G
but it’s also foolish to keep lying,
   D       Em                    G
So tell me how should I say “I’m sorry.”
           D               Em
I swear by this time next year,
                      G
We’re gonna have more money, I hope.

[Verse 4]
        D              Em
Where I pay off all my credit cards
          G
And we’ll have a house with a big front yard
   D             Em
As I build up my own self worth
      G
And I promise I’ll stop being such a jerk.
  D         Em             G
I just need you to keep me in check.
          D           Em                  G
And we’ll be straight cash, if you pay my bail

on time!

[Chorus]
A                              G
 I know it’s rich when this is coming from me
A                      G
 But right now, I need you to believe it.
A                                   G
 If you don’t pay, they’re going to send me away,
A                            G
 Guaranteeing that you won’t see me
            D
Sooner than later.

[Otro]
Em G