Key:
Introduction: D D
D
Outside there's arusty pickup
G
Parked beneath the shed
A
Mockingbirds nest on the tailpipe
G A
Empty feed sack in the bed
D
They took away my keys
G
Sayin' I"m too old to drive
A
It's like they're trying to bury me
G
While I'm still alive
A D
I always wanted a son
G
I always wanted a woodshed
A
I always wanted to ride on an open range
Learn how to fly a plane
D
But I, I guess
A D
Even pictures we'd never take
Memories we'd never make
G
Still fade
A
I never did all I wanted to do
D
But I always wanted to
D
They talk like I can't hear 'em
G
When they ain't have to change my sheets
A
They're getting tired and angry
G A
'Cause I won't accept defeat
D
Uncle Frank lived to be a hundred
G
Hell, I'm only ninety-five
A
I ain't raising no white flag
G A
While I'm still alive
A D
I always wanted a son
G
I always wanted a woodshed
A
I always wanted to ride on an open range
Learn how to fly a plane
D
But I, I guess
A D
Even pictures we'd never take
Memories we'd never make
G
Still fade
A
I never did all I wanted to do
D
But I always wanted to
G
Mmm mmm mmmm
A D A
No no no no
D
My Maria showed up this morning
G
Floating right above that chair
A
She smiled the sweetest smile
G A
As she hovered in the air
D
When that fever stole her from me
G
I was twenty seven, she was twenty five
A
I never dreamed I'd see that Angel again
G A
While I'm still alive
A D
I always wanted a son
G
I always wanted a woodshed
A
I always wanted to ride on an open range
Learn how to fly a plane
D
But I, I guess
A D
Even pictures we'd never take
Memories we'd never make
G
Still fade
A
I never did all I wanted to do
D
But I always wanted to
G
Mmm mmm mmmm mmmm
A
I never did all I wanted to do
N.C.
D
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