Grievances
(Daniel Johnston - Songs of Pain)
7/20/2007
If I had my
own way
You'd be
here with me today
But I
rarely have my own way
I guess
that's why you're not here with me today
And the
librarian said
'You can't buy no respect'
I said,
‘Hey, lady, what can you expect
When I'm
lying on the floor?’
Well I love
the lady but you don't wanna be
No girl of
mine
Well the
only thing you ever done for me
Was help me
waste my time
And I saw
you at the funeral
You were
standing there like a temple
I said ‘Hi!
How are you? Hello!’
And I
pulled up a casket and crawled in
Yes, I did
Climbed up
a Mountain and I looked around
Some kind
of circus with all them clowns
I said hey
wait a minute can't we slow down a bit
And I
almost got hit by a truck
Well it
just goes to show you that we're all on our own
Scrounging
for our own share of good luck
Stab your
brother in the back
And pick up
your pay check
Good-bye
lonely heart drawings
You never
did work anyhow
I'm looking
for a nice girl
And I don't
want no cow
I'm heading
out West
Gonna find
me the best
Well, I
played the game but I failed the test
If I can't
be a lover then I'll be a pest
Yes, I will
Grievances
CHORDS
(intro) C F G
C G Am Em F C G C G Am Em F C G
C
G
Am Em
F
C
G
If I had my own way you'd be with me here today
C G
Am Em
F
C
G
But I rarely have my own way I guess that's why
you're not here with me today
Am
G
F G
And the librarian said
Am
G
F
You can't buy no respect
Am G
F
I said hey lady what can you expect
Am G
C
C F G C C F G
When I'm lying on the floor
C
G
Am
Em F C
G
You’re a lovely lady but you don't wanna be no girl
of mine
C G
Am
Em
F
C
G
Well the only thing you ever done for me was help
me waste my time
Am
G
F G
And I saw you at the funeral
Am
G
F
You were standing there like a temple
Am
G
F
I said hi, how are you, hello
Am
G
C C F G
C
And I pulled up a casket and crawled in
… Yes I did
C F G
C
G
Am
Em
Climbed up a Mountain and I looked around
F
C
G
Some kind of circus with all them clowns
C G
Am
Em
I said hey wait a minute can we slow down a bit
F
C
G
And I almost got hit by a truck
C
G Am
Em
Well it just goes to show you that we're all on our
own
F
C
G
Scrounging for our own share of good luck
C
G
Am Em
Stab your brother in the back
F
G
F
Em Dm C
F G
And pick up your paycheck
C G Am Em F C G C G Am Em F C G
C
G
Am
Em
F
C
G
Goodbye lonely heart drawings you never did work
anyhow
C
G
Am Em
F
C
G
I'm looking for a nice girl and I don't want no cow
Am
G
F G
I'm heading out west
Am
G
F
Gonna find me the best
Am
G
F
Well I played the game but I failed the test
Am
G
C C F G
C C F G
If I can't be a lover then I'll be a pest
… Yes I will
(outro) C F G