When the Pills Wear Off — Willi Carlisle
Chords and lyrics for When the Pills Wear Off by Willi Carlisle (key of F).
Intro
[F] [C] [Dm] [C] [C] [F]
Verse
Oh [F]Father, forgive me for [C]what I have done
Drove [Dm]200 miles for six [C]inches of [C7]love
And he [F]shined like the neon in the [C]town's only bar
[Dm]Slick as the needle and [C]slim as the scar[C]
Chorus
Oh, I [Bb]lost friends to heroin, [C]plenty more to loving them
[F]Strung out on the [A7]highway like we [Dm]couldn't read the signs
[Bb]Now that I am older and [C]burned a little colder
I [F]know how to [A7]read betwen the [Dm]lines
But the [Bb]only time I get these guilty [C]thoughts
Is when the pills [F]wear off[Dm]
And [Bb]what I call a love [C]affair
They say it was a death of [F]despair[F]
Verse
They [F]say I'll get over him, I [C]just need time
I thank [Dm]Jesus sent an Angel, stuck [C]needles in his [C7]thigh
And the [F]old freight trains they [C]whistle and whine
They [Dm]shake the whole damn house like we [C]did when he was alive[C]
Chorus
Oh, I [Bb]lost friends to heroin, [C]plenty more to loving them
[F]Strung out on the [A7]highway like we [Dm]couldn't read the signs
[Bb]Now that I am older and [C]burned a little colder
I [F]know how to [A7]read betwen the [Dm]lines
But the [Bb]only time I get these guilty [C]thoughts
Is when the pills [F]wear off
Instrumental
[F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[F] [C] [Dm] [C] [C]
Break
Oh [Gm]mother, don't ask me the [C]things I have done
So [F]selfish to [A7]fall for [Dm]yourself and someone
I [Gm]know that I want him and [C]always will
I don't [F]think he could have [A7]known that it was [Dm]fentanyl
[Dm] But the only [Bb]time I get these guilty [C]thoughts
Is when the pills [F]wear off[Dm]
And [Bb]what I call a love [C]affair
They say it was a death of [F]despair
The [Bb]only time I get these guilty [C]thoughts
Is when the pills [F] wear [C]off[F][C][Dm]
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