Tono: A
Introducción:
G C G
C7+ G
D C G
C7+ G
D G
C G
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Verse 1:
G C G
Well I worked all summer couldn't save a cent
C7+ G
I gave all my money to the government
D C G
I don't know quite how it got spent
C7+ G
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
D G
Man at the mill can't see boy
C7+ G
Let me get my feed for free boys
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Ain't that the way it is
Verse 2:
G C G
I cut out down a gravel road
C7+ G
I traded my stock for a V8 Ford
D C G
Danced for time down on the floor boards
C7+ G
And the title rolled down to me boys
D G
That gasoline ain't free boys
C7+ G
And this clutch wearin' out my knee boy
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Ain't that the way it is
Break:
G C G
C7+ G
D C G
C7+ G
D G
C G
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Verse 3:
G C G
Well i met me a woman down in Saint Paul
C7+ G
Even met her mother and I met her Pa'
D C G
Her Brother told me he'd bust my jaw
C7+ G
If I talked to his sister again boy
D G
Told me I couldn't win boy
C7+ G
There's blood running down my chin now
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Ain't that the way it is
Verse 4:
G C G
Well I slept all night on the bar room floor
C7+ G
Woke up this morning my head was sore
D C G
Pockets empty but I want some more
C7+ G
The bar man's got my car boy
D G
Tab's worth more by far boys
C7+ G
And I leave her down at the bar now
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Ain't that the way it is
Break:
G C G
C7+ G
D C G
C7+ G
D G
C G
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Verse 5:
G C G
Well I hitched me a ride on the way back home
C7+ G
I got me a job on a family farm
D C G
Times are hard here but I can't roam
C7+ G
I ain't got nothing more boys
D G
I owe that company store boy
C7+ G
Gold's looking good for sure boy
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Ain't that the way it is
Verse 6:
G C G
Well I worked all summer couldn't save a cent
C7+ G
I gave all my money to the government
D C G
I don't know quite how it got spent
C7+ G
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
D G
Man at the mill can't see boy
C7+ G
Let me get my feed for free boys
D G C7+ G C7+ G C7+ G C7+
Ain't that the way it is