Words and music by Matt Hillyer
Verse:
[D]I was a walkin talkin somethin to prove didn't care about nothin at all,[G]
[D]Reelin in[D/C#] the str[D/B]eets thro[D/A]win bottle[G]s at t[A]he wall[D],
[D]We played rockabilly music til all hours of the night,[G]
[D]We'd wind u[D/C#]p in the[D/B] parkin [D/A]lot in so[G]me great big fi[A]ght,[D]
[G]When there weren't no money in it and every[D]thing was new,[G][D]
[G]We'd drive across the country lo[D]okin for somethin to do,[A]
[D]And you couldn't tell us nothin. We had it all figured out for sure,[G]
[D]And the older cats w[D/C#]ould shake th[D/B]eir heads. They[D/A]'d seen our kind b[G]efore,[A][D]
Chorus:
[D]But it was good times hard livin back [G]then,[D]
[D]I wonder could I do those things again,[A]
[D]And never give a second thought to [G]if it was a sin,[D][G]
[D]Good times hard livin ba[A]ck then,[D]
Verse:
[D]I was a walkin talkin somethin to prove just playin rock and roll,[G]
[D]Lovin every[D/C#] minute[D/B] spinnin [D/A]out of [G]con[A]trol[D],
[D]Ridin on that midnight rail tryin to have too much fun,[G]
[D]Probably should've gone to [D/C#]jail fo[D/B]r so[D/A]me of[G] the things w[A]e done,[D]
[G]We'd turn on ZZ Top and [D]roll on to[G] another town,[D]
[G]We wore that sucker out til th[D]e whole thing come unwound,[A]
[D]And you couldn't tell us nothin we had it all figured out for sure,[G]
[D]But some people[D/C#] that I knew ba[D/B]ck then won't[D/A] talk to me no[G] more,[A][D]
Repeat Chorus:
Verse:
[D]I'm a walkin talkin somethin to prove but I'm tryin not to fall,[G]
[D]Cause some funerals [D/C#]I've been t[D/B]o played l[D/A]ike writing on t[G]he wall,[A][D]
[D]And now it seems I've come full circle still tryin to make a stand,[G]
[D]Ridin five up in[D/C#] a pick[D/B] up tru[D/A]ck playin[G] in a honky[A]tonk band,[D]
[G]And though the words may be different it's st[D]ill the same ol[G]d song,[D]
[G]Figure out where you wanna be and make i[D]t up as you go along,[A]
[D]And you still can't tell us nothin we've got it all figured out fo sure.[G]
[D]Shakin our head[D/C#]s at eac[D/B]h othe[D/A]r we've been down this ro[G]ad before,[A][D]
Repeat Chorus:
Refrain:
[D]I'm a walkin talkin somethin to prove but I'm tryin not to fall,[G]
[D]And if I think ab[D/C#]out it now[D/B] and then[D/A] ain't too much[G] changed at[A] all[D]
Verse:
[D]I was a walkin talkin somethin to prove didn't care about nothin at all,[G]
[D]Reelin in[D/C#] the str[D/B]eets thro[D/A]win bottle[G]s at t[A]he wall[D],
[D]We played rockabilly music til all hours of the night,[G]
[D]We'd wind u[D/C#]p in the[D/B] parkin [D/A]lot in so[G]me great big fi[A]ght,[D]
[G]When there weren't no money in it and every[D]thing was new,[G][D]
[G]We'd drive across the country lo[D]okin for somethin to do,[A]
[D]And you couldn't tell us nothin. We had it all figured out for sure,[G]
[D]And the older cats w[D/C#]ould shake th[D/B]eir heads. They[D/A]'d seen our kind b[G]efore,[A][D]
Chorus:
[D]But it was good times hard livin back [G]then,[D]
[D]I wonder could I do those things again,[A]
[D]And never give a second thought to [G]if it was a sin,[D][G]
[D]Good times hard livin ba[A]ck then,[D]
Verse:
[D]I was a walkin talkin somethin to prove just playin rock and roll,[G]
[D]Lovin every[D/C#] minute[D/B] spinnin [D/A]out of [G]con[A]trol[D],
[D]Ridin on that midnight rail tryin to have too much fun,[G]
[D]Probably should've gone to [D/C#]jail fo[D/B]r so[D/A]me of[G] the things w[A]e done,[D]
[G]We'd turn on ZZ Top and [D]roll on to[G] another town,[D]
[G]We wore that sucker out til th[D]e whole thing come unwound,[A]
[D]And you couldn't tell us nothin we had it all figured out for sure,[G]
[D]But some people[D/C#] that I knew ba[D/B]ck then won't[D/A] talk to me no[G] more,[A][D]
Repeat Chorus:
Verse:
[D]I'm a walkin talkin somethin to prove but I'm tryin not to fall,[G]
[D]Cause some funerals [D/C#]I've been t[D/B]o played l[D/A]ike writing on t[G]he wall,[A][D]
[D]And now it seems I've come full circle still tryin to make a stand,[G]
[D]Ridin five up in[D/C#] a pick[D/B] up tru[D/A]ck playin[G] in a honky[A]tonk band,[D]
[G]And though the words may be different it's st[D]ill the same ol[G]d song,[D]
[G]Figure out where you wanna be and make i[D]t up as you go along,[A]
[D]And you still can't tell us nothin we've got it all figured out fo sure.[G]
[D]Shakin our head[D/C#]s at eac[D/B]h othe[D/A]r we've been down this ro[G]ad before,[A][D]
Repeat Chorus:
Refrain:
[D]I'm a walkin talkin somethin to prove but I'm tryin not to fall,[G]
[D]And if I think ab[D/C#]out it now[D/B] and then[D/A] ain't too much[G] changed at[A] all[D]
