Clay Walker - Money Ain't Everything
Tune bottom E string to D
[D]INTR[C]O[G][D]
Way [D]down in Louisiana, where the [Cadd9]moss and cyprus grew,
You'd [G]find old Jack in a shotgun shack
In the [G7]back of the black ba[D]you.
Some folks called him crazy, but I[Cadd9] knew better than that,
He kept a [G]hundred dollar bill tucked away in the brim
Of his [G7]dirty old cowboy [D]hat.
[D]Jack told me a story when [Cadd9]I was ten years old,
He said there [G]once was a fool tried to swim this swamp
With his [G7]back weighted down with [D]gold.
He said "You should have seen that alligator smile,
He had a [Cadd9]meal fit for a king, bu[G]t he ended up on my table son,
[G7]Money ain't every[D]thing."
He said there's [G]only one way into this world,
And [D]one way out, its true.
[G]You either eat the alligator or[A] he's gonna eat you.
There's [G]people living in a high rise,
That'll [D]never hear a robin [G7]sing.
What [D]good is first place when you're in a rat race?
[C]Money ain't every[D]thing.[C][G][D]
[D]Little Maggie May was dyin', her [Cadd9]heart was about to go,
When her [G]daddy found a sack on the porch out back
With [G7]half a million dollars in [D]gold.
They still talk about the stranger who [Cadd9]saved her life that spring,
[G]No name on the note, but someone wrote:
[G7]Money ain't every[D]thing.
He said there's [G]only one way into this world,
And [D]one way out, its true.
[G]You either eat the alligator or[A] he's gonna eat you.
There's [G]people living in a high rise,
That'll [D]never hear a robin [G7]sing.
What [D]good is first place when you're in a rat race?
[C]Money ain't every[D]thing.
No name on the note, but I know who wrote:
[C]Money ain't every[D]thing.[Cadd9][G][D]
D Cadd9 G D (repeat chords to end)
INSTRUMENTAL
Tune bottom E string to D
[D]INTR[C]O[G][D]
Way [D]down in Louisiana, where the [Cadd9]moss and cyprus grew,
You'd [G]find old Jack in a shotgun shack
In the [G7]back of the black ba[D]you.
Some folks called him crazy, but I[Cadd9] knew better than that,
He kept a [G]hundred dollar bill tucked away in the brim
Of his [G7]dirty old cowboy [D]hat.
[D]Jack told me a story when [Cadd9]I was ten years old,
He said there [G]once was a fool tried to swim this swamp
With his [G7]back weighted down with [D]gold.
He said "You should have seen that alligator smile,
He had a [Cadd9]meal fit for a king, bu[G]t he ended up on my table son,
[G7]Money ain't every[D]thing."
He said there's [G]only one way into this world,
And [D]one way out, its true.
[G]You either eat the alligator or[A] he's gonna eat you.
There's [G]people living in a high rise,
That'll [D]never hear a robin [G7]sing.
What [D]good is first place when you're in a rat race?
[C]Money ain't every[D]thing.[C][G][D]
[D]Little Maggie May was dyin', her [Cadd9]heart was about to go,
When her [G]daddy found a sack on the porch out back
With [G7]half a million dollars in [D]gold.
They still talk about the stranger who [Cadd9]saved her life that spring,
[G]No name on the note, but someone wrote:
[G7]Money ain't every[D]thing.
He said there's [G]only one way into this world,
And [D]one way out, its true.
[G]You either eat the alligator or[A] he's gonna eat you.
There's [G]people living in a high rise,
That'll [D]never hear a robin [G7]sing.
What [D]good is first place when you're in a rat race?
[C]Money ain't every[D]thing.
No name on the note, but I know who wrote:
[C]Money ain't every[D]thing.[Cadd9][G][D]
D Cadd9 G D (repeat chords to end)
INSTRUMENTAL
