John Conlee

Back Side Of Thirty

John Conlee


Tom: Em

G                          C         G
Making money at 30 with a wife and a son
                            A           D
Then a short years later it all comes undone
       G                          C          D
She's gone back to mama with the boy by her side
        G                           D           G
Now I'm wine drunk and running with them on my mind

[Chorus]
           C                    G
I'm on the back side of 30 and back on my own
    B7                   C           D
An empty apartment don't feel like a home
       C                    G            D
On the back side of 30 the short side of time
                        D          G
Back on the bottom with no will to climb

[Verse 2]
     G                          C             G
It's dawn Monday morning and I just called in sick
                               A                D
I skipped work last Friday to drink this months rent
     G                        C            D
And when my friends ask me I tell 'em I'm fine
       G                      D             G
But my eyes tell a story that my lies can't hide

[Chorus]
           C                    G
I'm on the back side of 30 and back on my own
    B7                   C           D
An empty apartment don't feel like a home
       C                    G            D
On the back side of 30 the short side of time
                        D          G
Back on the bottom with no will to climb