The State I Am in Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]I was surp[G]rised
I was [D]happy for [G]a day [A]in [G]1975
I [D]was [Em]puzzled by a dream
[D]It stayed with me all [G]day [A]in [G]199[D]5
My [Em]brother had confessed [D]he was gay
It [G]took the heat off me for [A]a while[G]
He stood [D]up with a [Em]sailor friend
[D]Made it known upon [G]my sister's [A]wedding

[Interlude 1]
day.
[G][D][F#m][D][Em][A]

[Verse 2]
Got married in [G]a rush to s[D]ave a
kid from be[G]ing deported
Now [A]she's in [G]love[D]
I was so touched,
[Em]I was move[D]d to kick the crut[G]ches
From my [A]crippled [G]friend
[D]She was [A]not [Em]impressed
Cause [G]I c[D]ured her on the Sabbath
[G]I w[A]ent to con[G]fess
[D]When she saw the [Em]funny side,
[G]we int[D]roduced my chi[G]ld bride
To [A]whiskey and [G]gin
To [F#m]whis key and gin.

[Interlude 2]
[Em][A]

[Verse 3]
The priest in the [G]booth had
a [D]photographic [G]memory
For all [A]he had heard
[G]He [F#m]took all of my s[Em]in s and
he wro[D]te a pocket [G]novel
Called The [A]State That I'm [G]In
[A]So I gave myself [Em]to God
[G]There was[D] a pregnant pau[G]se
before he [A]said [G]okay
[D]Now I spend my [Em]days [G]tur[Em]ning tabl[G]es
[D]round in Mar[G]ks & Spencer
[A]They don't seem to [G]mind.
[F#m][A][Em][G]

[Verse 4]
[D]
I gave myself to sin, I [F#m]gave
Myself [D]to providence and [C]I've
Been there and back again
[Em]The state that I [D]am in.

[Verse 5]
I gave [D]myself to sin, I [F#m]gave
Myself [D]to providence and [C]I've
Been there and back again
[Em]The state that I am in.

[Interlude 3]
[Em][A]

[Verse 6]
Oh love of [G]mine,
would you [D]condescend to help [G]me?
Cause I [A]am stupid and [G]blind
[F#m]Des peration is[Em] the Devil's work,
[D]it is the[G] folly Of a b[A]oy's empty min[G]d
Oh and [F#m]now I'm feeling
[A]dan[Em] gerous
[D]Riding on city [G]buses for a [A]hobby is sad
[G]Why don't you [D]lead me to a [Em]living end
I [G]prom[D] ised that I'd en[G]tertain
my [A]crippled [G]friend,
My [F#m]crippled [A]friend.
[Em]

[Verse 7]
[D]
I gave myself to [F#m]sin, I gave
Myself [D]to providence and [C]I've
Been there and back again
[Em]The state that I am in.

[Verse 8]
[Em]I ga[D]ve myself to sin, I gave[F#m]
Myself [D]to providence and [C]I've
Been there and back again
[Em]The state that I am in.

[Verse 9]
[D]I gave myself to sin, I g[F#m]ave
Myself to providence an[D]d I[C]'ve
Been there and back again
[Em]The state that [D]I am in.

[Verse 10]
I gave [D]myself to sin, I [F#m]gave
Myself to providence and [Bm]I've
Been there and back again
[A]The state that I [G]am in.

[Verse 11]
I gave myself to sin
And [D]I've been there and back again
[D]Oh [A]yeah