Take A Life
Recorded by Cooper Alan
Album: Winston-Salem (2025)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(Dm) / / / |(Bb)(C)(Dm) / |(Dm) / / / |(Bb)(C)(Dm)

(Verse 1)
Same (Dm)town, same school, same seat they sat in, (Gm)on that (C)bluebird (Dm)bus
(Dm)Both their daddies worked the factory, (Bb)had the same (C)raisin' (Dm)up
But (Dm)Johnny had some (A)demons buried (Bb)deep beneath his (A)soul
And (Dm)took it out on Billy, this is (Bb)how the (C)story (Dm)goes

(Verse 2)
It (Dm)started with a joke about his (Bb)haircut (C)and his clothes (Dm)
'til (Dm)Billy sat there ev'ry day, just (Bb)eatin' (C)lunch a-(Dm)lone
But (Dm)Johnny never let up, never (Bb)ran outta (C)jokes to (Dm)tell
'til the (Dm)walls in that ol' school turned into (Bb)Billy's (C)livin' (Dm)Hell

(Chorus)
Some-(Dm)times the worst of evil's hidden (Bb)right th„ure (C)in plain (Dm)sight
It's (Dm)hard to see the darkness 'til it's (Bb)bright„ur (C)than the (Dm)light!
Be (Dm)careful what'cha say 'cause words, (Bb)they cut (C)like a (Dm)knife
And ya (Dm)never know which ones are gonna (Bb)go and (C)take a (Dm)life

(Verse 3)
(Dm)Johnny went to college, found a (Bb)girl, and (C)got a (Dm)job
Had some (Dm)babies, built a big house on a (Bb)forty-(C)acre (Dm)lot
(Dm)Billy stuck around that sleepy (Bb)town and (C)turned to (Dm)pills
And (Dm)never found his way back to the (Dm)smile that (Dm)Johnny (Dm)killed

(Chorus)
Some-(Dm)times the worst of evil's hidden (Bb)right there (C)in plain (Dm)sight
It's (Dm)hard to see the darkness 'til it's (Bb)brighter (C)than the (Dm)light!
Be (Dm)careful what'cha say 'cause words, (Bb)they cut (C)like a knife (Dm)
And ya (Dm)never know which ones are gonna (Bb)go and (C)take a (Dm)life

(Bridge)
(Dm)Oh, oh, oh, oh, (Gm)oh, oh, (Dm)oh
Oh, oh, (Dm)oh, oh, oh, oh, (Gm)oh, oh, (Dm)oh

(Verse 4)
Now (Dm)Billy's got some (C)demons of his (Dm)own...!
(Bb)When he dug a (C)couple six-feet (Dm)holes...!
Said, "F**k (Gm)goin' out, you're goin' out, I ain't (Dm)goin' out a-(Bb)lone...!"
Out a-(A)lone...!

(Chorus)
Some-(Dm)times the worst of evil's hidden (Bb)right there (C)in plain (A)sight
It's (Dm)hard to see the darkness 'til it's (Bb)brighter (C)than the (A)light!
Be (Dm)careful what'cha say 'cause words, (Bb)they cut (C)like a (Dm)knife
And ya (Dm)never know which ones are gonna (Bb)go and (C)take a (Dm)life

(Outro.)
Yeah, you (Dm)never know which ones are gonna (Bb)go and (C)take a (Dm)life - - - - -