Key: D
Introduction: D
D
Well I ain't hurt nobody, and ain't nobody hurt me
G
Until the lawman finds my house and hangs me from a tree for what I've done
D
Baby it's a long hard life
A G D
And all I got to show is 13 acres of property, 3 dogs, 2 kids, and 1 wife
D
Well who's gonna raise my 'backer, who's gonna tend my corn?
G
Cause I'll be lyin' in my cell and my wife ain't been the same since the kids were born
D
Baby it's a long hard life
A G D
All I got to show is 13 acres of property, 3 dogs, 2 kids, and 1 wife
G
Well I done the best I could but I still wound up in jail
D
And I asked my little wife if she could come and go my bail
A G
But she done spent all of my money, now I'm sitting in this cell
D
And it's a long hard life
E A E
Now I'm in this little bitty trailer, try'na make a living off'a selling ice
A E
But the water's on and the roof don't leak and the kids are warm and the wi-fi works just right
B A E
All I got to show is 13 acres of property, 3 dogs, 2 kids, and 1 wife
A
Well I done the best I could but I still wound up in jail
E
And I asked my little wife if she would come and go my bail
B A
But she done spent all of my money, now I'm sitting in this cell
E
And it's a long hard life
A
Well there just ain't no damn jobs, You gotta do all that you can
E
Well you got to make your money, Raise your youngins like a man
B A
But the hand that used to feed me just got shut down by the man
E
And it's a long hard life