Capo: 1st fret
[Verse 1]
E
He drinks orange juice and vodka In the basement while she's talkin'
B7
To someone, long-distance, for hours and hours on end
B7
And as he's slowly sippin' he thinks about his children
E
And the heart attacks that youngest daughter's always given him
E
He ain't smoke no marijuana since he got on with the railroad
E7 A
And he's been on with the railroad for a long and loathsome while
E
But the day that he retires, he'll smoke himself to China
B7 E
He'll leave behind his worries as he races through the skies
[Chorus] (Walkup)
A
The days are dark
E
Down in the holler
B7 E E7
Waitin' for the sun to shine
A
On the back
E
You have been breakin'
B7
Tryin' to earn
E
Peace of mind
[Verse 2]
E
She sells Avon to her buddies and saves a little money
B7
On the makeup she's been using to hide away the years
B7
And she sits and watches TV usually every evening
E
That there ain't some kind of ballgame that her daughter has to cheer
E
She sneaks menthols in the mornin' while her family's still a snorin'
E7 A
And as she burns the Eggos she looks back at her life.
E
That heart she broke in high school he is singin' on the Opry
B7 E
She wonders what the hell that she was thinkin' at the time
[Chorus] (Walkup)
A
The days are dark
E
Down in the holler
B7 E E7
Waitin' for the sun to shine
A
On the back
E
You have been breakin'
B7
Tryin' to earn
E
Peace of mind
[Interlude]
B7 E
[Verse 3]
E
Their youngest daughter Stella, she's runnin' with this fella
B7
That he can not stand the thought of that he surely does despise
B7
He's told her he best never see the two of them together
E
But it's hard to keep an eye on her when you're workin' all the time
E
There are things he needs to tend to, and the bills the bank keeps sendin',
E7 A
Lord the zeroes on the end keep pushing further to the right.
E
Like a freight train haulin' sorrow and movin' ever onward
B7 E
Through the tunnel of forever to the never endin' light
He drinks orange juice and vodka
In the basement while she's talking
To someone long distance for hours and hours on end
And as he's slowly sippin'
He thinks about his children
And the heart attacks that youngest daughter's always giving him
He ain't smoked no marijuana
Since he got on with the railroad
And he's been on with the railroad for a long and lonesome while
But the day that he retires
He will smoke himself to China
He will leave behind his worries as he's racing through the sky
She sells Avon to her buddies
And saves a little money
For all the makeup she's been using to hide away the years
And she sits and watches TV
Usually every evening
If there ain't some kind of ball game her daughter has to cheer
She sneaks menthols every morning
While her family's still snoring
As she burns the Eggos she looks back at her life
That heart she broke in highschool
He's singing on the Opry
She wonders what the hell that she was thinking at the time
Oh the days are dark down in the holler
Waiting for the sun to shine
On the back you've been breaking
Trying to earn peace of mind
Their youngest daughter Stella
She's been running with this fella
That he cannot stand the thought of, that he surely does despise
He's told her he best never
See the two of them together
But it's hard to keep an eye on her when you're working all the time
There are things he needs to tend to
And the bills the bank keeps sendin'
Lord, the zeros on the end keep pushing further to the right
Like a freight train hauling sorrow
And moving ever onward
Through the tunnel of forever towards the never ending light
Oh the days are dark down in the holler
Waiting for the sun to shine
On the back you've been breaking
Trying to earn peace of mind
Trying to earn peace of mind
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