Key: F#
Introduction: D A G D A G D
D A
Hey, why you always talkin&rsquo about the future
G D
Like it&rsquo s a neighbor that you&rsquo ve known all your life?
A
Hey, I think I caught you gnawin' at your eraser
G D
And I don&rsquo t think you&rsquo ll ever make things right
G D
Hey, but maybe I&rsquo m wrong and I can eat my words
G A
And you can hold it hard against me till that familiar burn
D A
And you&rsquo ve been stickin&rsquo my crows all over this town
G D
But if you&rsquo d like to join me in the Here and the Now
D A G D
But I&rsquo m lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on my way down
D A
Well, way back in Maury City when we ran that town
G D
But Junior joined us in July
A
Didn&rsquo t they lump us in a census and didn&rsquo t they thump us in a fence
G D
And didn&rsquo t somewhere along, you just wanna die?
G D
Hey, well love is like the squeezin&rsquo of a grape and it&rsquo s sweet
G A
Then you&rsquo re drunk, then it turns you sour
D A G
So, I'm lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on my way down
D A G
Lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on my way down
D A
Hey, well that Tennessee sun won&rsquo t be the only one
G D
Shinin' bright up in the hills and clouds
A
When them eighteen wheels, they haulin&rsquo all your hard feelings
G D
Back into your step-mama&rsquo s house
G D
When I get my backbone back, my motorcycle side-sack
G A
I&rsquo ll make my rearview mirrors frown
D A G
Lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on my way down
Em
Well, I know time can be a healer
A A7
But sometimes you just gonna wanna feel that girl
Em7 Bm A F# A
Yeah, but the hand of the dealer decides how you're gonna play the next hand
D A
Well, I&rsquo m goin down, I know it, but I really wanna show it
G D
So bring that other bourbon on
D
Don&rsquo t be startled if I throw it, start a fight with my ghosts
Bm D
And sing some Waylon record till the dawn!
G D
Well, I&rsquo m a second-generation rambler, baby
G A
You had to knock my two feet off the ground
D A G
Lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on my way down
D C Bm
Lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on my way down
D A
Lettin&rsquo go of everythin' that I don&rsquo t need on
G D
(My way down)