Sooner Than Later

D Em G

[Verse 1]
D           Em             G
All dressed up and nowhere to go.
D             Em
I’m headed to hell in a pair of…
G
Gasoline drawers.
     D                 Em
Well I don’t know what I’ve been told
         G
But I’ll tell you something that I wish I’d known -
        D     Em                   G
They’re only words, unless they’re true,
    D        Em                 G
And I should never have lied to you.
   D                   Em
So please tell me what you would say
         G
When the IRS finds your tax haven,
D                Em
On the shores of the Seychelles
   G
Or somewhere nice like Curacao.
  D     Em                      G
I never should have bought me a boat.
        D              Em                 G
Now I’m up the damned crick without propulsion.

[Chorus]
A                      G
I ain’t no wolf of any corporate elite.
A                               G
But now the walls are crumbling down around me.
A                            G             A
So if I say “I’m sorry” for involving you,
                               G
Will that propel you to pay my bailout
            D        Em G
sooner than later?

D Em G
D

[Verse 2]
    Em                G    D
I’d atone for all my sins,
               Em          G
If I wasn’t already so far into the red.
D              Em
I know I said “Fools Rush In”
           G
but it’s also foolish to keep lying,
  D         Em                   G
So tell me how should I say “I’m sorry.”
           D              Em
I swear by this time next year,
                       G
We’re gonna have more money, I hope.
        D               Em
Where I pay off all my credit cards
          G
And we’ll have a house with a big front yard
   D             Em
As I build up my own self worth
      G
And I promise I’ll stop being such a jerk.
  D         Em               G
I just need you to keep me in check.
          D            Em                 G
And we’ll be straight cash, if you pay my bail

on time!

[Chorus]
A                              G
I know it’s rich when this is coming from
A                       G
But right now, I need you to believe it.
A                                   G
If you don’t pay, they’re going to send me away,
A                           G
Guaranteeing that you won’t see me
             D     Em G
Sooner than later.