Year: 1991 - Album: Use Your Illusion I
Written by Timo Caltia/Timo Caltio/Axl Rose/Izzy Stradlin
Intro: E A B C# D I'll take a nicotine, caffeine, sugar fix B A G Jesus, don't ya git tired of turnin' tricks A B But when your innocence dies C# D You'll find the blues B A G Seems all our heroes were born to lose A B Just walkin' through time C# D You believe this heat B A G Another empty house, another dead and street A B C# D Gonna rest my bones an sit for a spell B A G A This side of heaven, this close to hell D A Right next door to hell E F# Why don't write a letter to me? D A I said I'm right next door to hell E F# And so many eyes are on me D A Right next door to hell E F# I go nowhere else to be D A Right next door to hell E F# E Fells like the walls are closing on me A B C# D My mama never really said much to me B A B She was much too young and scared to be A B C# D Hell, "Freud" might say that's what I need B A G A But all I really ever get is greed B C# D And most my friends they fell the same B A G Hell, we don't even have ourselves to blame A B C# D But times are hard and thrills are cheaper B As your arms get shorter A G A Your pockets get deeper D A Right next door to hell E F# Why don't you write a letter to me? D A I said I'm right next door to hell E F# And so many eyes are on me D A Right next door to hell E F# I never thought this is where I'd be D A But I'm right next door to hell E F# Thinkin' time'll stand still for me F# G G# A (E D# D C#m)2x B (A G#m F#m G#m A) B E Fuck you! F F# F F# G A Not bad kids just stupid ones E Yeah, thought we'd own the world And gettin' used was havin' fun G A I said we're not sad kids just ones, yeah E Flowin' through life not collectin' anyone G So much out there A Still so much to see E Time's too much to handle Time's too much for me G It drives me up the walls A Drives me out of my mind E Can you tell me what this means, huh?