Nursing Home Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][E5][F][E5][F][E5][F][E5][F][E5][Em]
[G5][Em][F][E5][Em][G5][F][E5][Em][G5][Em][F][E5][Em][G5][F][Em]
[E5][F][E5][Em][G][Em][E5][F][E5][Em][G]
[Em][E5][B][C][Em][E5][B][C]
[Em]I am an old ma[E5]n

[Verse 1]
[B]living [C]alone
My [Em]loved ones stuck me here
in [B]this nursing [C]home
[Em]I've [E5]lost [B]all [C]usefulness
[Em]I wa[E5]nt to [B]di[A5]e[Am][G][D5][B][F#][G]
[C][B][Em][E5][B][C][Em][E5][B][C][C5]
[B]I have them all the best [Am]years of my life
[A5]Then Maggi[F#]e passed away,
now I've [G]got no wife
[G5]So kill [B]me, young man,
or [A5]hand me [Am]your knife
[G]I want to d[G5]ie[F#][A5][Am][G][D5][B][F#][G5][G][G5][C][B][Em][G][Em][F]
[E5][Em][G][G5][F]
[Em][G][Em][G][F][Em][G][G5][F][Em][F][Em]
[G][Em][F][Em][G][Em][E5][B][C][Em][E5]
[B][C]
My [Em]beauti[E5]ful daugh[Em]ter
[B]says I get in [C]the way
[Em]I depress her because I'm [B]old and [C]grey

[Verse 2]
She [Em]can't stand to see the
[E5]wrinkles [B]in [C]my skin
[Em]By golly, girl, yo[B]u're my only kin
[A5]I want [Am]to die[G][D5][B][F#][G][C][B]
[Em][E5][B][C][Em][E5][B][C]
[B]Like an old horse [A5]put out to pasture
[F#]Too old to be of any more [G]use
to it's master
[Em]But when I lie in bed [B]and I reminisc[C]e
I be[Em]gin to think [E5]maybe [B]this is [C]best
[Em]I'm out of the way, [E5]not in a[B]nyone's hair
[C]And [Em]though I'm costing them [E5]money,
[B]I don't c[G5]are
[A5]I wa[Am]nt to di[G]e

[Outro 1]
[D5][B][F#][G][G5][Am][G][D5][B][F#][G][C][G][Em][G][Em]
[F][Em][G][F][Em][G][Em][F][Em][G][F][Em]
[F]
[Em][G][Em][F][Em][G][Em]
[F][Em][G][Em][E][Em][F][Em]
[F][Em][G][Em][F][Em][G][Em][F][Em]
[G][Em][F][Em][Em][Em]