Key: G
Introduction: G D G D C G
G C
I had me a highschool sweetheart,
D G
With big time wedding plans
G C
Then I signed up with the Navy,
D G
Went to work for Uncle Sam
G C
Eighteen lonely months Ive waited,
D G
To see her again
G C
When I got home to Gainsville,
D G
She married my best friend
C
Whats it got to say
G
Whats it got to do
D
I can paint this whole town red tonight,
G G7
And still wake up with the blues
C
Good luck is bound to find me,
Em C
If it comes around again,
G D
But Ill probably be out fishing,
G
When my ship comes in
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G C
Took a job down at the saw mill,
D G
Where I work hard everyday
G C
Climb that corporate ladder,
D G
I was promoted with a big ol raise
G C
The very next morning they told me,
D G
That old saw mill had been sold
G C
Someones gonna take your position boy,
D G
They wrote me off and sent me home
C
Whats it got to say
G
Whats it got to do
D
I can paint this whole town red tonight,
G G7
And still wake up with the blues
C
Good luck is bound to find me,
Em C
If it comes around again,
G D
But Ill probably be out fishing,
Em C
When my ship comes in
G D
But Ill probably be out fishing,
G D C G
When my ship comes in