Excuse Me While I

Some more No Depression/alt-country/insurgent country/cowpunk/rural

contempo stuff. Whiskeytown is supposed to be "the next big thing," and I

think this song exemplifies what they're about. It's alright, but a little

too cute. Plus the title is longest I've ever seen that doesn't include

parentheses; shoulda been titled "Excuse Me (While I Break My Own Heart

Tonight)." They'll never play the Grand Ol' Opry now!

"Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight"

1997 Barland Music (BMI) / Bug Music

By David Ryan Adams

>From Whiskeytown's album STRANGER'S ALMANAC (Outpost Records/Mood Food Records)

INTRO: [G G Em7 Em7 G G Em7 Em7]

VERSE ONE: Well, ex[G]cuse me if I break my own [Em7]heart

It's [G]mine from the finish I guess

[G] It's mine from the [Em7]start

Situ[C]ation just don't seem so goddamned [G]smart

Situ[C]ation is tearing me a[D]part

interrupted CHORUS:

So you'll have to ex[G]cuse me if I break my own [Em7]heart

[G G Em7 Em7]

VERSE TWO: Well, excuse me if I break my own heart tonight

Some things are born too strong

Have to learn how to fight

Situation keeps me drinking every goddamned day and night

Situation don't seem so right

CHORUS: So ex[G]cuse me if I break my own heart to[Em7]night

Well, ex[G]cuse me if I break my own heart to[Em7]night

After all it's [C]mine, after all it's [G]mine

After all it's [C]mine

Can I [D]have it back sometime?

VERSE THREE: So if the rain falls down on your Mississippi talent

Your eyes drift easy in the mighty

If the rain falls down on your Mississippi talent

Your eye's drifting right(?)

You run the road, but your diary entry reads blank

Is this some sort of joke to you?

Is this some sort of joke to you?

repeat CHORUS [resolve to G]