verse 1AmGCFE
I saw the ghost of Hank Williams this mornin’
Am
On sixteenth avenue
AmGCFE
Selling homeless papers on the corner for a dollar
Am
Beneath the statue of The Muse
CG/BAmGFG
And I said, “Hank, have you come back to haunt or save?”
CG/BAmGF
He said, “I been rolling, rolling, rolling in my grave.
EAm
I’m tired of rolling in my grave.”
verse 2AmGCFE
He said, “Sometimes I’ll walk along these streets alone for hours
Am
With a guitar in my hand
GCFE
I rattle doors and press my face against the windows
Am
Nobody lets me in.”
CG/BAmGFG
And I said, “Hank, have you come back to haunt or save?”
CG/BAmGF
He said, “I been rolling, rolling, rolling in my grave.
EAm
I’m tired of rolling in my grave.”
Bridge CG/BAmG
He said, “Son, it looks like you’ve worn the soles clear out your boots.
FCG/B
Trying to walk that long, hard road so far from your roots,
AmGFC
But don’t you ever be ashamed of a lonesome song with three chords and the truth.”
DmG
And I paid him for the paper with some change
DmCG
And he shook my hand as it began to rain
CG/BAmGFG
And I said, “Hank, have you come back to haunt or save?”
CG/BAmGF
He said, “I been rolling, rolling, rolling in my grave.
EAm
I’m tired of rolling in my grave.”
Verse/OutroAmGCFE
I saw the ghost of Hank Williams this mornin’
Am
On sixteenth avenue
AmGCFE
Selling homeless papers on the corner for a dollar
Am*
Beneath the statue of The Muse