Been tinkering with this for a few weeks. Settled on a simple fingerpicked pattern with slide, and have added a preacher and some sins to the lyrics...
soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14426746Down On My Heels
I’m down on my heels and I’m down on my luck
I’m so far down I don’t know which way’s up
I’m down on my knees praying for a sign
I’m down in the hole and sinking all of the time
I ran out of money, and I ran out of track
I ran out of destinations and I can’t turn back
I ran out of favours and I ran out of friends
I ran out of options and I ran out on you again
Nevertheless…
Give me a loan, won’t you lend me some time
Lend me some good luck, lend me some wine
Lend me your charity and some clean air to breathe
Lend me some space in which I can be free
I wore out my welcome and I wore out my shoes
I wore out my credit and paid none of my dues
I wore out all my excuses and all of my lies
I wore out your trust and the light that shone in your eyes
Give me a loan, won’t you lend me some time
Lend me some good luck, lend me some wine
Lend me your preacher, forgive me my sins
Say a prayer for me and let me start again
I’m on the wrong side of fifty and the wrong side of town
The wrong side of some people whom you shouldn’t let down
I got out the wrong side of bed, and hit my head on the wall
I’m on the wrong side of Heaven and the wrong side of the law
Give me a loan, won’t you lend me some time
Lend me some good luck, lend me some wine
Lend me your faith and lend me some hope
And if you can’t do that then lend me some rope
I lied to my friends and I lied to my enemies, too
I lied to the priest and I lied to you
I lied to the judge and to this day I swear
I’ll lie to St. Peter if I ever get there
