About Jason Isbell
Michael Jason Isbell (born February 1, 1979) is a Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Green Hill, Alabama, in Lauderdale County. He is best known for his solo career, his work with the band The 400 Unit, and as a former member of Drive-By Truckers for six years, from 2001 to 2007.
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[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em D C
Watching the sunrise slash through the blinds
C D Em
Dust in the room hovers over mine
C D Em
Lying here in silence, Wife and child still sleeping deep enough to dream
C D Em
And oh, I'm a lucky man today but so afraid that time will take it all from me
[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em D C
It's the weight of the world but it's nothing at all
C D Em
Light as a prayer, and then I feel myself fall
C D Em
You got to give me a minute because I'm way down in it and I can't breathe so I can't speak
C D Em
I want to be strong and steady, always ready, now, I feel so small, I feel so weak
[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
[Bridge]
F Am G
A crowded room is a burning battlefield
F Am G
If I don't move, I'll come undone
F Am G
My heart beats harder, a hammer striking steel
F Am Em
Will I walk now or be a "Wait and Run"
[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em D C
Watching the sunrise slash through the blinds
C D Em
Dust in the room hovers over mine
C D Em
Lying here in silence, Wife and child still sleeping deep enough to dream
C D Em
And oh, I'm a lucky man today but so afraid that time will take it all from me
[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em D C
It's the weight of the world but it's nothing at all
C D Em
Light as a prayer, and then I feel myself fall
C D Em
You got to give me a minute because I'm way down in it and I can't breathe so I can't speak
C D Em
I want to be strong and steady, always ready, now, I feel so small, I feel so weak
[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
[Bridge]
F Am G
A crowded room is a burning battlefield
F Am G
If I don't move, I'll come undone
F Am G
My heart beats harder, a hammer striking steel
F Am Em
Will I walk now or be a "Wait and Run"
[Chorus]
D C D G
Anxiety, how do you always get the best of me
C D Em D C
I'm out here living in a fantasy
C D Em
I can't enjoy a goddamn thing
D C D Em
Anxiety, why am I never where I am supposed to be
C D Em D C
Even with my lover sleeping close to me
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
C D Em
I'm wide awake and I'm in pain
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