Happy Ever After

Am                  F            
Shake my bones and rattle my 
    C                     B7
grave, he's gone diggin' in the 
bitch again
Am                F               
Back tattoo of a big black snake, 
C                     B7
don't go telling me she's just a 
friend

[Pre-Chorus:]
Am               F               
Hey, lil' mama, who you gonna 
     C                     B7
poison now? (La, la, la, la, la, la,
 la, la, la)
Am               F               
Hey, lil' papa, who you gonna run
     C
 to now?

[Chorus:]
             Am         F         
It's been a long time coming, and 
       C        B7      Am       
this house is burning down, Don't
        F          C        E
 know how I ever loved you
       Am        F              C   
      B7           Am      F        
 C (single strum on C)
I was blind and running into what's 
in front of me, if I only knew, that
 happy ever after wasn't you

Continues after the ad
Am            F           C     
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, 
        B7
La, la, la X2

[Verse 2:]

Am                  F         
Hurt me, hate me, throw me down, 
     C               B7
fifteen years I gave you me
Am                  F            
To lie alone in this redneck 
       C                 B7
town, a better lover did I have to 
be

[Pre-Chorus:]
    Am                F           
And hey, lil' mama, who you gonna 
        C                      B7
poison now? (La, la, la, la, la, la,
 la, la, la)
Am                F              
Hey, lil' papa, who you gonna run
     C
 to now?

[Chorus:]
             Am         F         
It's been a long time coming, and 
       C        B7      Am       
this house is burning down, Don't
        F          C        E
 know how I ever loved you
       Am        F              C   
      B7           Am      F        
 C (single strum on C)
I was blind and running into what's 
in front of me, if I only knew, that
 happy ever after wasn't you

[Chorus:]
             Am         F         
It's been a long time coming, and 
       C        B7      Am       
this house is burning down, Don't
        F          C        E
 know how I ever loved you
       Am        F              C
I was blind and running into 
         B7           Am      F  
what's in front of me, if I only 
       C          E             
knew, that happy ever after wasn't 
Am
you

Am             F           C    
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, 
         B7
La, la, la (happy ever after wasnt 
you) X4