Chord/Tab song: Bend but Don't Break

[G]Bend but don't Break [F]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]Jim proposed to sue [F]she said I do
they e[C]loped into a summer's n[G]ight
[G]Heading for Loredo [F]that's the way wind blew
[C]They got in their first real [G]fight.
[G]Standing at the alter s[F]hoe's and her halter
Jim swe[C]ating out his Sunday best[G]
[G]Looking all around them but [F]nobody found them
And [C]this is what the preacher s[G]aid

Chorus
[G]Bend but don't break g[F]ive before you take
[C]Always look em right in the e[G]ye
[G]Always have a reason dr[F]ess right for the seaon
C G(stop)
Never cheat and never lie
G F C G (2x's) Repeat from 1st G
Thes are words to live by

Verse 2
[G]Billy's washing dishes and [F]all the time he wishes
[C]he could find a better wa[G]y
[G]yea and no season had rain [F]for a country singer
[C]bound for a life of that fo[G]utune and fame
[G]He wrote a couple songs and [F]they got a long
into the ha[C]nds of a bad Nashville [G]man
[G]Playin on the radio and [F]he ain't never seen no doe
[C]looks back down at them [G]ugly pots and pans

Chorus

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]Always me and mother and [F]never were no other
[C]Daddy died when I was just t[G]hree
[G]Always understood that she [F]did the best she could
[C]I needed someone right there [G]momma would be
[G]I never thought twice to[F] ask for advise
when [C]I got crazy in my h[G]ead
[G]What ever the cause [F]she would slowly pause
C(stop)
And this is what momma said.

Chorus (2x)

G F C G 2x