note: both studio versions are played in a different key,
but this is how he almost always played live at solo acoustic shows.
Standard D tuning DGCFAD
G 320003 F* 131215 (or 1xxx15 if it is too hard)
Bm x24432 C9 x32013
Eb* x6xx45 A* x02225
Am x02210 D xx0232
C/G 332010 F 133211
D7/F# 2x0212 G5 320033
Em 022000 G/F* 2x1203
B7/F# 22120x C#* x4xx23
intro
D----3-----------2-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3--------------
A---0-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------4-----------3-----------2-----------1---------------
F-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--
G Bm F* C9 Eb* G A* C9
D----3-----------2-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------3--------------
A---0-----------3-----------1-----------1-----------4-----------0-----------2-----------1---------------
F-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
C-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------0--2--2--2--3--------------3--3--3--3-/6--6--6-----------------0--0--0--2--3--3--3--3-----
D----3--3--3-----------------1--1--1--0-----------------------2--3--3--3--4-----------------------------
G Am
activity's killing the actor
D C/G /B
and a cop's standing out in the road
Am F D7/F#
turning traffic away
G5 Am
there was nothing she could do until after
D C/G /B
when his body'd been buried below
Am F D7/F#
way back in the day
Em Am Em C/G
oh my, nothing else could've been done
G G/F* Em D C/G B7/F#
he made his life a lie so
Em Am Em C/G
he might never have to know anyone
G G/F* Em D C C#* Eb*
made his life the lie you know
G Am
I told him that he shouldn't upset her
D C/G /B
and that he'd only be makin it worse
Am F D7/F#
involving somebody else
G5 Am
but I knew that he'd never forget her
D C/G /B
while her memory worked in reverse
Am F D7/F#
to keep her safe from herself
Em Am Em C/G
and oh my, nothing else could've been done
G G/F* Em D C/G B7/F#
she made her life a lie so
Em Am Em C/G
she might never have to know anyone
G G/F* Em D C C#* Eb*
made her life the lie you know
[the rest is played exactly like the second part of the intro over and over]
G Bm F* C9 Eb* G A* C9 [X2]
what I used to be will pass away and then you'll see
G Bm F* C9 Eb* G A* C9
that all I want now is happiness for you and me
G Bm F* C9 Eb* G A* C9
[repeat and end in G]