Chord/Tab song: Life to Go

I got a sad sad [D]story friend tha[A]t I don't like to [G]tell I[D]
had a home and [A]family when they [G]locked me in this [D]cell I
[G]been in here [A]18 years [G]thats a long time I [D]know but time
don't mean a [A]thing to me [G]I got life to [D]go. I went one
night where the [A]lights were bright to [G]see what I could
[D]see I met up with and [A]old friend who [G]thought the world of
[D]me he [G]bought me drinks and he [A]took me to every [G]honky tonk
in [D]town words were said and [A]now he's dead I just [G]had to
bring him [D]down. It's been a long long [A]time now since [G]I
heard from my [D]wife I know I'd be there [A]with her if I
[G]hadn't used my [D]knife I [G]bet that little [A]girl of mine don't
[G]realize or [D]know daddy's been here [A]18 years and [G]still got
life to [D]go. I bet there's not one [G]man outside who's [G]spent
this long in [D]jail I'll be here in this [A]prison till my
[G]body's just a [D]shell I [G]can't be free to [A]go and see the
[G]one's that I love [D]so I been in here [A]18 years and [G]still
got life to [D]go [G]yes I got life to [D]go [G]still got life to [D]go.

This song appears on George Jones album blue and lonesome and he did in fact
write this song that was made more popular by Stonewall Jackson.