Key: G
Introduction: G D Em C
G D
Cold Lonestar beer, and a half pack of smokes
Em C
that's all that they payed me for the songs that i wrote
G D
Here in thIS bar, well the only care and pain
Em C
Cause nobody came to see me or hear me play
D Em
i'm writing these songs, and singing all these lines
C D
over and over, hundreds of times
G D
i'll never be pretty, i won't get far
C D G
i'm just writing these songs on a pawn shop guitar
G D
i drove on down to houston for my next show
Em C
some times dont it surprise you how the wheels turn slow
G D
made it back home without a dollar to pay
Em C
for my gas on down to Stephenville the very next day
D Em
i'm writing these songs, and singing all these lines
C D
over and over, hundreds of times
G D
i'll never be pretty, i won't get far
C D G
i'm just writing these songs on a pawn shop guitar