Key: G
Introduction:
D C
Well, my daddy didn?t pull out, but he never apologized
G D C
Rock and roll means well, but it can?t help tellin? young boys lies.
D C
A baby on the way?s a good enough reason to get you out alive
G D C
Get you out without having to swallow any pride.
D C
All my friends are restless, all they do is talk it down,
G D C
two or eight lanes, it don?t matter, it?s just another town.
D C
There?s a fool on every corner, on every street, in every one
G D C
and I?d rather be your fool nowhere than go somewhere and be no one's
Em D C
So marry me, sweet thing won?t you marry me
G D C
Your Mama thinks I beat anything she?s ever seen
G D C
This old town?s alright with me, there?s nowhere I?d rather be.
G D C
Long as they stay mad at one another, they can?t get mad at me
D C
Every time I leave here something bad happens to me
G D C
Like a busted hand or finding some man laying where I sleep
D C
She don?t mean nothing to me, that?s just how it goes round here
G D C
It?s a cartoon town, I play my part, and I ain?t spoke her name in years
Em D C
So marry me, sweet thing won?t you marry me
G D C
Your Mama thinks I beat anything she?s ever seen
G D C
This old town?s alright with me, there?s nowhere I?d rather be.
G D C
Long as they stay mad at one another, they can?t get mad at me
Am Em
I don?t want anything I done to be nobody?s fault
G C C/B
Even if they got more money and mouth than they got balls.
Am Em
That?s just how it went down, right or wrong, it?s just that way.
G D
Just cause I don?t run my mouth don?t mean I got nothing to say
Em D C
So marry me, sweet thing won?t you marry me
G D C
Your Mama thinks I beat anything she?s ever seen
G D C
This old town?s alright with me, there?s nowhere I?d rather be.
G D C
Long as they stay mad at one another, they can?t get mad at me
Em D C
Marry me, sweet thing, won't you marry me
Em D C
Marry me, sweet thing, won't you marry me