Key: C
Introduction:
C
Jimmy was a regular at the local drinking bar
F G7
He worked like everybody else and ways were mean and hard
C F
I met him as a little boy and I liked him as I grew
G7 C
Jimmy's life was tough and seemed like everybody knew
F
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of man
G7 C
He loved to hear a good hillbilly band
F
The scar across his face was Jimmy's brand
G7 C
Cause Jimmy was a drinking kind of man
We got to be together 'fore the good Lord tucked him in
F G7
He said I'm never coming back to this old town again
C F
Said no one understands me folks don't even want me home
G7 C
He took a drink of wine and said its hell to be alone
F
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of man
G7 C
He loved to hear a good hillbilly band
F
The scar across his face was Jimmy's brand
G7 C
Cause Jimmy was a drinking kind of man
I finally got to see ole Jim after being gone so long
F G7
By the crowd of cars around his house
I could tell there was something wrong
C F
I arrived in time to find him in a pine box on the floor
G7 C
His momma's eyes were filled with tears as I stepped in the door
F
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of man
G7 C
He loved to hear a good hillbilly band
F
The scar across his face was Jimmy's brand
G7 C
Cause Jimmy was a drinking kind of man