FAST AS I CAN
James McMurtry
N.C. A
He was a drinking man with a guitar problem
[E] Didn't have a dollar to his [B]name
[E] He didn't seem to mind that all that [A]often
[E] He mostly took whatever ca[B]me
And if it came too [A]late, or it came to [B]nothing
[E] He'd swear beneath his [A]breath
There's gotta be [E]something to[Esus4] it[E][Esus4]
There's gotta [E]be something[Esus4] to it[E]
She lost her mind and she never missed it
Folks all said she'd never learn
She'd take the path of least resistance
Right to the point of no return
Apprehended on occasion, got off easy every time
Said there's gotta be something to it, something to it
Don't know why else you'd wanna, put yourself through it
Chorus
Well, the [B]nights are gettin' [E]colder, [B] restless as the [E]wind
[B] I'll be comin' [E]over, [A]fast as I c[B]an, [A]fast as I [E]can
Well, he had some lines, but he never used them
She didn't need much talkin' to
And he thought he'd died and gone to Houston
By the time the dawn burned off the dew
And it lit right up, like Roman candles, like fire and gasoline
And there must have been something to it, something to it
Didn't mess around, they had to get right to it
Repeat Chorus
So for a while they carried on like rabbits
They''d disappear for days and nights
You might say they learned, each other''s habits
You might say that became their life
And life wasn''t long, life wasn''t easy
Life wasn''t cheap, life wasn''t fair
And there might have been something to it, something to it
Repeat Chorus Twice
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James McMurtry
N.C. A
He was a drinking man with a guitar problem
[E] Didn't have a dollar to his [B]name
[E] He didn't seem to mind that all that [A]often
[E] He mostly took whatever ca[B]me
And if it came too [A]late, or it came to [B]nothing
[E] He'd swear beneath his [A]breath
There's gotta be [E]something to[Esus4] it[E][Esus4]
There's gotta [E]be something[Esus4] to it[E]
She lost her mind and she never missed it
Folks all said she'd never learn
She'd take the path of least resistance
Right to the point of no return
Apprehended on occasion, got off easy every time
Said there's gotta be something to it, something to it
Don't know why else you'd wanna, put yourself through it
Chorus
Well, the [B]nights are gettin' [E]colder, [B] restless as the [E]wind
[B] I'll be comin' [E]over, [A]fast as I c[B]an, [A]fast as I [E]can
Well, he had some lines, but he never used them
She didn't need much talkin' to
And he thought he'd died and gone to Houston
By the time the dawn burned off the dew
And it lit right up, like Roman candles, like fire and gasoline
And there must have been something to it, something to it
Didn't mess around, they had to get right to it
Repeat Chorus
So for a while they carried on like rabbits
They''d disappear for days and nights
You might say they learned, each other''s habits
You might say that became their life
And life wasn''t long, life wasn''t easy
Life wasn''t cheap, life wasn''t fair
And there might have been something to it, something to it
Repeat Chorus Twice
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