Tom: G
Intro:
G C G
Cmaj7 G
D C G
Cmaj7 G
D G
C G
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Verse 1:
G C G
Well I worked all summer couldn't save a cent
Cmaj7 G
I gave all my money to the government
D C G
I don't know quite how it got spent
Cmaj7 G
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
D G
Man at the mill can't see boy
Cmaj7 G
Let me get my feed for free boys
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is
Verse 2:
G C G
I cut out down a gravel road
Cmaj7 G
I traded my stock for a V8 Ford
D C G
Danced for time down on the floor boards
Cmaj7 G
And the title rolled down to me boys
D G
That gasoline ain't free boys
Cmaj7 G
And this clutch wearin' out my knee boy
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is
Break:
G C G
Cmaj7 G
D C G
Cmaj7 G
D G
C G
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Verse 3:
G C G
Well i met me a woman down in Saint Paul
Cmaj7 G
Even met her mother and I met her Pa'
D C G
Her Brother told me he'd bust my jaw
Cmaj7 G
If I talked to his sister again boy
D G
Told me I couldn't win boy
Cmaj7 G
There's blood running down my chin now
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is
Verse 4:
G C G
Well I slept all night on the bar room floor
Cmaj7 G
Woke up this morning my head was sore
D C G
Pockets empty but I want some more
Cmaj7 G
The bar man's got my car boy
D G
Tab's worth more by far boys
Cmaj7 G
And I leave her down at the bar now
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is
Break:
G C G
Cmaj7 G
D C G
Cmaj7 G
D G
C G
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Verse 5:
G C G
Well I hitched me a ride on the way back home
Cmaj7 G
I got me a job on a family farm
D C G
Times are hard here but I can't roam
Cmaj7 G
I ain't got nothing more boys
D G
I owe that company store boy
Cmaj7 G
Gold's looking good for sure boy
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is
Verse 6:
G C G
Well I worked all summer couldn't save a cent
Cmaj7 G
I gave all my money to the government
D C G
I don't know quite how it got spent
Cmaj7 G
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
D G
Man at the mill can't see boy
Cmaj7 G
Let me get my feed for free boys
D G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is
