Scorpion Hill

[First Part]

E              A             E
Up on Scorpion Hill watching life
                     A     B
Passing me by in the pale moonlight
E
And I sat there forever
      A              C#m
Three sheets to the wind
B
It's not helping my case

The state that I'm in
A                     E
But it's not how they told you
A                  E
My intentions were good
A
I was just bursting apart
         E
Like the end of the ark
C#m                      F#m   A
Holding on to whatever I could

( E  A  E  A )
( C#m  B  A )

[Second Part]

E
A square of light moves
    B                     A
Its way through the empty room
E                         F#m
Across the stained yellow carpet
E                 B        
Like a ghost of myself in the 
   A
afternoon
            C
Haunting my basement apartment
B           C
I looked in to the mirror
C#m               A
Hanging behind my door
B
The glass was cracked
        C
And the man staring back
C#m                   A
He don't look like me anymore
           B
And if the world is gonna burn
     C
Everyone should get

A turn to light it up

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( E  B  C#m  A )
( E  B  C#m )
( A  E  B )

[Chorus]

C#m  A   E    B    C#m  A    
Down and out, I've been on 
        E  B
the rocks
C#m  A    E           A         
I've been having some pretty 
  F#m
dark thoughts
                    B   Cm
Yeah, I like them a lot

( E  A  E  A )
( C#m  B  A )

[Second Part]

E             B
Time and time again, well I've tried
    A
And failed to get my act together
E                     G#m
And I'll admit lately things
                    A
Really went off the rails
C
I know that you deserve better
B                   C
But in the morning, as I was 
boarding
C#m                   A
The commuter train to work
B
The boss was calling, he said
 C
"There's been cutbacks and
C#m                  A
I'm sorry you're the first"
B
And If I can't support the two of us
Cm
How can I support a third?

( E  B )

[Chorus]

C#m  A   E    B    C#m  A    
Down and out, I've been on 
        E  B
the rocks
C#m  A    E           A         
I've been having some pretty 
  F#m
dark thoughts

[Bridge]

B
And I'm on the brink
E
Falling deep into debt
A
Falling deep into drink
F#m
I can drown those regrets
                B
I don't have to think
A                         E
Now I'm working the night shift
A             E
Asleep at the wheel
A                           E
I was bursting apart like a flame 
from a spark
C#m       F#m
Thinkin' "Jesus, this can't be for 
real"

[Third Part]

A               E
My sweat-soaked mattress
A              E
Corner of the room
A              E
Cigarettes and matches
C#m            F#m
In the fading afternoon
A
And a picture of my kid

Yeah, he's smiling
                      E
It's the first day of school

[Solo] E  B  C#m  A
       E  B  C#m  A
       E  B  C#m  A
       E  B  C#m  A

[Final Chorous]

F#m                    B
She said, "I found the gun
              E
It was buried beneath
         A
Piles of clothes in the room
               F#m
Where your son sleeps
             B
And I can't pretend
                      E
To know how this will end"