Tom: G
C D G
She asked for her mama's bathrobe
C D G
And a pot of potato soup
C D G
She's gonna dry out this time if it kills her
C D G
She wants the whole family in the loop
C D G
She can outsmart death like a stuntman
C D G
She's a cat with 99 lives
C D G
She's my heroin addict sister
C D G
And I've known her all my life
Am D G
She's my heroin addict sister
Am D G
And I hate to see her go
Am7 D G C
And I hate to see her holdin on
C D G
To the end of the same ole rope
D C
She pushes a tiny needle
D C
It's like the devil's DNA
D G C
It takes her somewhere she's just gotta go
D G
But can't afford to stay
C D G
She stripped for a while in Connecticut
C D G
Got married at least 5 times
C D G C
Every one of them men was crazy about her
C D G
So she married a couple of em twice
C D G
She's a certified underwater welder
C D G
She can cook, clean, and crochet
C D G C
She can flash a smile from her sweet weary soul
C D G
That'll melt all your doubts away
Am D G
She's my heroin addict sister
Am D G
And I hate to see her go
Am7 D G C
And I hate to see her holdin on
C D G
To the end of the same ole rope
D C
She's high at the homeless shelter
D C
When she's had it out with my niece
D G C
She don't notice the holes in her clothes
C D G
Or perverted Orlando police
C D G
I've been so mad I wanted to kill her
C D G
So worried I had to cry
C D G C
Such crazy stories I can't help but laugh
C D G
So scared of when she's gonna die
D C
She called outside of Atlanta
D C
Been dodging them big ole trucks
D C G C
Ya know she cleaned up in Tennessee one time before
C D G
She just needs a couple hundred bucks
C D G
And she just needs to be with us
C D G
We all say thank God mama
C D G
Ain't here to go through it this time
C D G C
She's in heaven telling them Macon County cops
C D G
Better give her baby a ride
C D G
And they got to her just in time
Am D G
She's my heroin addict sister
Am D G
And I hate to see her go
Am7 D G C
And I hate to see her holdin on
C D G
To the end of the same ole rope
C D G
At the end of the same ole rope
Am D G
Always at the end of her rope
