Tom: G
G F
Bend but don't Break give befor you take
C
Always look em right in the eye
no cord G F C G
These are words to live by.
[Verse 1]
G F
Jim proposed to sue she said I do
C G
they eloped into a summer's night
G F
Heading for Loredo that's the way wind blew
C G
They got in their first real fight.
G F
Standing at the alter shoe's and her halter
C G
Jim sweating out his Sunday best
G F
Looking all around them but nobody found them
C G
And this is what the preacher said
[Chorus]
G F
Bend but don't break give before you take
C G
Always look em right in the eye
G F
Always have a reason dress right for the seaon
stop
C G
Never cheat and never lie
G F C G (2x's) Repeat from 1st G
Thes are words to live by
[Verse 2]
G F
Billy's washing dishes and all the time he wishes
C G
he could find a better way
G F
yea and no season had rain for a country singer
C G
bound for a life of that foutune and fame
G F
He wrote a couple songs and they got a long
C G
into the hands of a bad Nashville man
G F
Playin on the radio and he ain't never seen no doe
C G
looks back down at them ugly pots and pans
[Chorus]
G F
Bend but don't break give before you take
C G
Always look em right in the eye
G F
Always have a reason dress right for the seaon
stop
C G
Never cheat and never lie
G F C G (2x's) Repeat from 1st G
Thes are words to live by
[Bridge]
C
You know time in our life are nervous and reckless
G
Sometimes it's hard just to get by
C
Ain't good to know that we can still grow.
D
So gimme one word ad tell me one time
[Verse 3]
G F
Always me and mother and never were no other
C G
Daddy died when I was just three
G F
Always understood that she did the best she could
C G
I needed someone right there momma would be
G F
I never thought twice to ask for advise
C G
when I got crazy in my head
G F
What ever the cause she would slowly pause
C
And this is what momma said.
