Second Effort

           Em                      
I've been sitting here crying since
   C                      G
 long before the day be-gan
        D                          
With my pockets full of nothing but
                      Am        
 broken dreams and my head in my 
       C
empty hands
    Em                           
The winnings that I thought I had 
      C              G
and come so far to get
     D                             
Are further away then they've ever 
                   C               
been, they've been taken by 
  G
anoth-er man

[Verse]

  Em                         C 
I wouldn't take a train for home 
             G
even if I could
                   D               
Cause they've been saving their joy
                          Am       
 for the hometown boy who went away
            C
 to make it good
           Em                      
I bet they cleared away the parlour
       C                      G
 so my Ma can dance me in the door
        D                          
And the old man can wink, and pour 
               Am                  
me a drink and ask me what the 
      C
tears are for

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[Chorus]

     B7            C              
It's harder to try a-gain than it 
          G
was to be-gin
          D                        
A man can play a lone hand in a 
                      C         
high stakes game, but it doesn't 
              G
mean he's gonna win
    B7                  C         
And somehow I've got to keep from 
                G
getting further down
         D                     
Before I buy myself a bottle of 
                      C      
cheap escape, and a ticket to 
           G
anoth-er town

[Verse]

  Em                           C  
I know I'm not crying 'cause I 
                      G
think I've had it mighty tough
D                                 
I did my best with all the rest, 
      Am                 C
but it just wasn't good e-nough
              Em                   
And I've been working and training 
    C                    G
too long just to make it here
          D                        
To merely swallow my pride and walk
             Am                 C
 outside and come back anoth-er year

[Alt Chorus]

     B7              C            
It's harder to try a-gain than it 
          G
was to be-gin
          D                        
A man can play a lone hand in a 
                      C         
high stakes game, but it doesn't 
              G
mean he's gonna win
    B7                  C         
And somehow I've got to keep from 
                G
getting further down
         D                     
Before I buy myself a bottle of 
                     Am      
cheap escape, and a ticket to 
           C
anoth-er town
          Am                    
I want to drown in the grape and 
         C                    
make my escape, on a ticket to 
        G
anoth-er town