INTRO: F  C/F  F  C/F F  C/F    

              Bb             F     C
Oh-oh, when I left my mama's home
                          Bb            F
Left her for dead, when I left her all alone
                                Bb           F      C
And the whores, well they won't let me be at night
                       Bb              F
They can't replace the warmth I need tonight
          C     Bb                    F
'Cause I'm cold, but I'm cold as hell


                   Bb             F     C
The lord, he don't wait for me at night
                           Bb                 F
He knows what I've done is wrong and it ain't right
                      Bb          F     C
But the devil awaits me with open arms
                         Bb                 F
And he sways me with his wiles and with his charms
          C          Bb                            F          C/F Dm
'Cause I'm holding on when there's nothing left to hold onto


           C Bb                   F      C/F  F  C/F  
Hold, hold o-on, to the sweet hereafter


          F                     Bb              F      C
There's a fountain from where I drank from as a child
                        Bb              F      C/F
When I was young, I was bored and I was wild
          F                 Bb           F     C
But since then, well I have grown into a man
                Bb           F
And I know that I can always stand
       C     Bb                      F   C/F Dm
But I'm wrong, but I'm still a child


     C Bb                   F      C/F  F  C/F Dm
Hold o-on, to the sweet hereafter
     C Bb                   F      C/F  
Hold o-on, to the sweet hereafter