"Bottoming Out"


	I'm cruising fast on a motorcycle
	down this winding country road
	And I pass the gravel on the foot of the hill
	where last week I fell off

	There's still some oil by the old elm tree
	and a dead squirrel that I hit
	But if I hadn't left, I would've struck you dead
	so I took a ride instead

	Bottoming out
	bottoming out
	Bottoming out
	bottoming out

	My doctor says, she hopes I know
	how lucky I can be
	after all it wasn't my blood, mixed in
	the dirt that night

	But this violent rage, turned inward
	can not be helped by drink
	And we must really examine this, and I say
	I need another drink

	Bottoming out
	bottoming out
	Bottoming out
	bottoming out

	I'm tearing down Rt. 80 East
	the sun's on my right side
	I'm drunk, but my vision's good
	and I think of my child bride
	And on the left in shadows
	I see something that makes me laugh
	I aim that bike at the fat pothole
	beyond that underpass

	Bottoming out
	bottoming out
	Bottoming out
	bottoming out

	Bottoming out
	bottoming out
	Bottoming out
	bottoming out



intro	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}
	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}

	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}	(I'm cruising fast on a motorcycle ...)
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}		(- pass the gravel on the foot of ...)

	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}	(There's still some oil by the old ...)
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}		(- I hadn't left, I would've struck ...)

	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}	(- out, bottoming out, Bottoming)
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}		(- out, bottoming out)

	....

	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}	(- out, bottoming out, Bottoming)
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}		(- out, bottoming out, Bottoming)

	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}	(- out, bottoming out, Bottoming)
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}		(- out, bottoming out)

ending	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}
	{A}{A}{F#m}{F#m}
	{Bm}{Bm}{E}{E}
	... repeat and fade out




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///// transcribed by Shirou Kouchi (wildside@mtci.or.jp) ////////////////
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