Key: D
Introduction:
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A man with forty acres plowed and planted
A D
Can't send no fourteen year-old boy to no school
D G D
The one thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddy's farm
A D
Was, "Son, you better get them crops in when it gets cool."
D G D
In the magazines, I saw the naked women
A D
I heard about the drinkin' and the bars
D G D
If my daddy could've caught me, he'd a-killed me
A D
He said, "You might run, boy, but you won?t get that far."
G D A G
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
D A G
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
D A G
I'd find different ways to make same mistakes again (a cappella)
D G D
I hit town or you might say that it hit me
A D
Next mornin' there were things I knew more about
D G D
Some woman took me in said I, "Seem to be all right."
A D
I turned her on the same way, she turned me out
D G D
The first law I broke, right away Johnny-law caught me
A D
I helped them build the country roads for awhile
D G D
They fed two times a day and knocked you down about four
A D
By the 13 day I... couldn?t even crack a smile
G D A G
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
D A G
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
D A G
I'd find different ways to make same mistakes again (a cappella)
D G D
I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby
A D
She let me go and would never tell me why
D G D
I learned what it means to be somebody's baby
A D
They let you lie in your bed by yourself so you can cry
D G D
So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody
A D
Though I guess there's a few that I still couldn't look in the eye
D G D
Grant me one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral
A D
For once, I'd like to be the only one left dry
G D A G
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
D A G
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
D A G
I'd find different ways to make same mistakes again (a cappella)
G
I?d probably make um...
G
Same way I made um... again
D
Make um all again