G [Verse 1] G You ask me if I'm happy now D That's good as any joke I've heard It seems since I've seen you last G I've done forgot the meening of the word If happiness is empty rooms and drinkin' in the afternoon C Well I suppose I'm happy as a clam D But if it's got a thing to do with smilin' of forgettin' you G Well I don't guess that I could say I am [Chorus] G Did you ever see a down-and-outer wakin' up alone D Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds had soaked the papers G He'd been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants C Because he's never seen a single dream come true D That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started fallin' From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool G Learnin' hard to live with losin' you [Verse 2] G You wonder if I'm better off D With freedom now to do the things I choose With all my time's my own and G I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to lose There's no one here to carry on if I stay out the whole night long C 'n give a tinker's damn if I don't call D I'm livin' like I wanted to and doin' things I wanna do G And nothin' means a thing to me at all [Chorus] G Did you ever see a down-and-outer wakin' up alone D Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew When the water from the weeds had soaked the papers G He'd been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants C Because he's never seen a single dream come true D That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started fallin' From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool G Learnin' hard to live with losin' you