I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive Chords
I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive by Jerry Lee Lewis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, D, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
I:
G G7 G G7
Now you're lookin' at a man that's gettin' kind-a mad
G G7 G G7
I had lot's of luck but it's all been bad
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7 G
I'll never get out of this world alive.
II:
G G7 G G7
My fishin' pole's broke the creek is full of sand
G G7 G G7
My woman run away with another man
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7 G
I'll never get out of this world alive.
Bridge:
C G
A distant uncle passed away and left me quite a batch
C
And I was livin' high until that fatal day
D
A lawyer proved I wasn't born
D7
I was only hatched.
III:
G G7 G G7
Ev'rything's agin' me and it's got me down
G G7 G G7
If I jumped in the river I would prob'ly drown
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7 G
I'll never get out of this world alive.
Bridge:
C
These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
G
Are full of holes and nails
C
And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime
D
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails.
IV:
G G7 G G7
I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
G G7 G G7
'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright no how
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7 G
I'll never get out of this world alive.
D
No matter how I struggle and strive
D7 G
I'll never get out of this world alive.