Intro
/ D D/C# / Bm A / G / D / x2
[D]Howard drives a [D/C#]minivan to the [Bm]cruise ships from Ft. [A]Lauderdale
And it's [G]been that way since [A]199[D]4
Does his [D]business on a [D/C#]flip phone with the most [Bm]obnoxious ring[A]tone
I didn't [G]ask but I can [A]tell he's from New [D]York
And he spoke [Bm]proudly of his dau[A]ghter and that this [G]fall she'd be in [D]college
And that he [Bm]always wished he'd [A]gotten his deg[Bm]ree
You can [Bm]tell he came from [A]nothing, built a [G]future out of [D]hustling
And somehow [Bm]I'm the one you [A]people pay to [D]see
Chorus
[G]Oh isn't that [D]just the way it goes
You're dealt a good [A]hand and you get celebr[Bm]ated
[G]Oh how am I the [D]only one who knows
I'm half the [G]man of the [A]men that drive me p[Bm]laces
[/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm] [A] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/]
[D]Danny showed up [D/C#]early fifteen [Bm]minutes till five [A]thirty
Making [G]sure that I'd be [A]on my morning f[D]light
He said he'd [D]love to fix com[D/C#]puters, but that he [Bm]can't until he's flu[A]ent
So he spends his dri[G]ving money ta[A]king class at nigh[D]t
He wore a [Bm]neatly ironed dress [A]shirt and he [G]helps his kids with hom[D]ework
And deep [Bm]inside I couldn't [A]help but ask my[Bm]self
Why that at [Bm]night I'm up on [A]stage, every[G]body knows my [D]name
While Danny's [Bm]early picking up[A] somebody else[D]
Chorus
[G]Oh isn't that [D]just the way it goes
You're dealt a good [A]hand and you get celebr[Bm]ated
[G]Oh how am I the [D]only one who knows
I'm half the [G]man of the [A]men that drive me p[Bm]laces
[/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm] [A] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/]
And now [D]everything's not [A]given, I work [G]hard to make my [D]living
But I'll give [G]credit where I [A]think credits d[Bm]ue
Maybe [D]you got dealt a good [A]hand
Maybe [G]you play it the best that you [D]can
But [Em]I don't know [Bm]how far you'd [Em]walk without those [Bm]cards
In [A]Howard or [D]Danny's working [Dsus4]shoes
Chorus
[G]But isn't that [D]just the way it goes
You're dealt a good [A]hand and you get celebr[Bm]ated
[G]Oh how am I the [D]only one who knows
I'm half the [G]man of the [A]men that drive me p[Bm]laces
[/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm] [A] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm][A][/][G][/]
/ D D/C# / Bm A / G / D / x2
[D]Howard drives a [D/C#]minivan to the [Bm]cruise ships from Ft. [A]Lauderdale
And it's [G]been that way since [A]199[D]4
Does his [D]business on a [D/C#]flip phone with the most [Bm]obnoxious ring[A]tone
I didn't [G]ask but I can [A]tell he's from New [D]York
And he spoke [Bm]proudly of his dau[A]ghter and that this [G]fall she'd be in [D]college
And that he [Bm]always wished he'd [A]gotten his deg[Bm]ree
You can [Bm]tell he came from [A]nothing, built a [G]future out of [D]hustling
And somehow [Bm]I'm the one you [A]people pay to [D]see
Chorus
[G]Oh isn't that [D]just the way it goes
You're dealt a good [A]hand and you get celebr[Bm]ated
[G]Oh how am I the [D]only one who knows
I'm half the [G]man of the [A]men that drive me p[Bm]laces
[/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm] [A] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/]
[D]Danny showed up [D/C#]early fifteen [Bm]minutes till five [A]thirty
Making [G]sure that I'd be [A]on my morning f[D]light
He said he'd [D]love to fix com[D/C#]puters, but that he [Bm]can't until he's flu[A]ent
So he spends his dri[G]ving money ta[A]king class at nigh[D]t
He wore a [Bm]neatly ironed dress [A]shirt and he [G]helps his kids with hom[D]ework
And deep [Bm]inside I couldn't [A]help but ask my[Bm]self
Why that at [Bm]night I'm up on [A]stage, every[G]body knows my [D]name
While Danny's [Bm]early picking up[A] somebody else[D]
Chorus
[G]Oh isn't that [D]just the way it goes
You're dealt a good [A]hand and you get celebr[Bm]ated
[G]Oh how am I the [D]only one who knows
I'm half the [G]man of the [A]men that drive me p[Bm]laces
[/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm] [A] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/]
And now [D]everything's not [A]given, I work [G]hard to make my [D]living
But I'll give [G]credit where I [A]think credits d[Bm]ue
Maybe [D]you got dealt a good [A]hand
Maybe [G]you play it the best that you [D]can
But [Em]I don't know [Bm]how far you'd [Em]walk without those [Bm]cards
In [A]Howard or [D]Danny's working [Dsus4]shoes
Chorus
[G]But isn't that [D]just the way it goes
You're dealt a good [A]hand and you get celebr[Bm]ated
[G]Oh how am I the [D]only one who knows
I'm half the [G]man of the [A]men that drive me p[Bm]laces
[/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm] [A] [/] [G] [/] [D] [/] [D] [D/C#] [/] [Bm][A][/][G][/]
