C
| G | G | C  F | C |

[Verse 1]
[N.C]                           F
      I was born they should have warned me
F               C
    And I would have turned my ass around
C               G
   Picked it up and hit the country
G             C
    Never even make a sound
[N.C]               F
This time alone won't heal this hurting
F                  C
   There's little changes in between
C                G
I'll be damned if I ain't workin
G                       C   F  C
   They can't take that shit from me

[Chorus]
[N.C]             F
    Why does it hurt so bad?
F               C
   I lost the best I never had
C            G
   People say I should be glad
G            C F C
I lost the best I never had
C

[Lead break]
| [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] |
| [G] | [G] |
| [C] [F] |

[Verse 2]
C                          F
    I don't need to feel a heartbeat
F                   C
    Got too much trouble on my hands
C                  G
    Them swinging doors thеy cut right   through me
G                 C
    And I gave my money to the man
C                F
    I ain't try to catch a fеver
F                              C
    That's where I stood on greener land
F                    G
    That devil holds a diamond needle
G            C   F C
    This room is filling up with sand


[Chorus]

[N.C]             F
    Why does it hurt so bad?
F               C
   I lost the best I never had
C            G
   People say I should be glad
G            C F C
I lost the best I never had

[Bridge]
             Em                    F
But in these hard times, no one to hold me
           Dm                C
You had to roll me, one more time
          Em               F
And these nowhere lonesome valleys,
          Dm                  G                G           G
mountains surround me. God it feels I might be dying

[Outro Chorus]
[N.C]             F
    Why does it hurt so bad?
F               C
   I lost the best I never had
C            G
   People say I should be glad
G            C
I lost the best I never had
C                F
    Why does it hurt so bad?
F               C
   I lost the best I never had
C            G
   People say I should be glad
G            C F C
I lost the best I never had