Dreadful Selfish Crime
Robert Earl Keen

CAPO 1st Fret

INTRO (4x)
G  Em

G          Em        G      Em
Seems like yesterday I was here
G           Em            G        Em
Dreamin' my life away and drinkin' beer
C                                       G  Em G  Em
Staying up till dawn strummin' on guitars
C                                            G  Em G  Em
Sleepin' all day long just like the big rock stars
D               C                   G  Em G  Em
Barely livin' on money from tip jars

G              Em     G          Em 
I had a little place just up the block
G               Em         G                   Em
Had me a French girlfriend I loved the way she talked
C                                    G  Em G  Em
We spent our afternoons watchin' the TV
C                                         G  Em G  Em
Findin' things to do that we could do for free
D                    C                            G  Em G  Em
When we split up she said you don't do enough for me
 
CHORUS
C               D                 G  C  D  G
I am guilty of a dreadful selfish crime
C                  D                   G   Em  G Em
I had robbed myself of all my precious time
 
G            Em       G              Em
Had my first gig here in the neighborhood
G               Em     G              Em 
We had a little band I thought we was good
C                                     G  Em G  Em
Hocked my old shotgun bought a used P.A.
C                                       G  Em G  Em
We got a quart of rum drank it all that day
D                     C                        G  Em G  Em
When the big gig come we were just to drunk to play
 
CHORUS
C               D                 G  C  D  G
I am guilty of a dreadful selfish crime
C                  D                   G   Em  G Em
I had robbed myself of all my precious time

G         Em              G              Em    
Sometimes I can't believe those days are gone
G          Em                G           Em
Most of my friends back then have moved along
C                                 G  Em  G  Em 
One's in Hollywood one's a millionaire
C                                        G  Em  G  Em
Some are gone for good some still livin' here
G      Em            G         Em
Me I'm just the same lost in a crowd
G       Em           G            Em     
Lookin' for the rain in a thunder cloud
C                                       G  Em  G  Em
I have moved around but it don't matter though
C                                                 G  Em  G  Em
One thing I have found there are just two ways to go
D                 C                       G  Em  G  Em
It all comes down to livin' fast or dyin' slow
 
REPEAT CHORUS (2x)
C               D                 G  C  D  G
I am guilty of a dreadful selfish crime
C                  D                   G   Em  G Em
I had robbed myself of all my precious time
THEN FADE ON
G  Em
