Key: Dm
Introduction: Dm
Dm F C Dm
Daddy worked like a mule mining Pike County coal
Dm F C Dm
He fucked up his back, he couldn' t work anymore
F C G Dm
He said one of these days you' ll get out of these hills
F C G Dm
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills
Dm F C Dm
See the ways of this world will just bring you to tears
Dm F C Dm
Keep the Lord in your heart, you' ll have nothing to fear
F C G Dm
Live the best that you can and don' t lie and don' t steal
F C G Dm
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills
F C G
Well daddy I' ve been trying, I just can' t catch a break
F C G Dm
There' s too much in this world that I can' t seem to shake
F C G Dm
But I remember your words Lord, they bring me to chills
F C G Dm
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills
(Play the verse progression without words one time)
Dm F C Dm
Keep in mind that a man' s just as good as his word
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It takes twice as long to build bridges you burn
F C G Dm
And there is hurt you can cause time alone cannot heal
F C G Dm
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills
F C G
Well daddy I' ve been trying, I just can' t catch a break
F C G Dm
There' s too much in this world that I can' t seem to shake
F C G Dm
But I remember your words Lord, they bring me to chills
F C G Dm
Keep your nose on the grindstone and out of the pills
F C G Dm
Keep your nose on the grindstone...