BY: BR5-49
WRITTEN BY:Chuck Mead
TRANSCRIBED BY: JEFF GARY
[F]MY POCKETS ARE EMPTY THOUGH MY WIFE HAS SENT ME
TO THE [Bb]STORE FOR SOME CIGARETTES AND BREAD
I STARTED [F]WALKIN' THERE GOT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE
THEN THE [C]SMELL OF BEER WENT TO MY HEAD
THE [F]THING ABOUT BEER, IT CAN MAKE A MAN HEAR
[Bb]VOICES FROM DAYS LONG SINCE PAST
AND WITH [F]EVERY THIRD DRINK IT'LL [C]MAKE YOU THINK
THAT YOUR [Bb]YOUTH WILL ALWAYS [C]LAST
CHORUS
NO MATTER [Bb]WHICH WAY YOU MOVE
IT TAKES A [F]LIFETIME TO PROVE TO YOUR[C]SELF
I COULD HAVE BEEN [Dm]MORE
I GOT [Bb]ONE FOOT IN THE [F]DOOR, [C]I JUST WANT ONE [F]MORE
I THOUGHT OF A TIME WHEN MY FUTURE WAS MINE
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID
I WAS HANDSOME AND STRONG AND WHEN I WALKED ALONG
I STOOD ERECT AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD
BUT THEN I LOST MY FIGHT, "GOING TO" TURNED TO "MIGHT"
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I LOST MY WILL
AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE, MY LIFE FULL OF BEER
AND I TRY TO PRETEND IT'S NOT REAL
CHORUS
SOLO (CHORD CHANGE TO G FG BbC CD)
THESE DAYS I BARELY SURVIVE ON LOT NUMBER FIVE
IN THE MOBILE ACRES ON THE EASTSIDE OF TOWN
I SWORE THIS KIND OF LIFE I'D NEVER LEAD
I GUESS I LET TOO MANY THINGS GET ME DOWN
IF MY PAPPY COULD SEE WHAT THEY DONE TO ME
I SWEAR HE'D MARCH DOWN THERE AND MAKE IT ALL RIGHT
BUT HE'S LONG SINCE GONE AND I'M OLD ENOUGH NOW
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGHT MY OWN FIGHT
CHORUS
TAG: LAST LINE OF CHORUS
1985 Bobbex Music, Five Towers, Music
a Division of Castle Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
BR5-49
P.O. Box 23288
Nashville, TN 37202
Lyrics Source - http://www.br5-49.com
-Jeff Gary-
jwgary@mail.utexas.edu
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jwgary
WRITTEN BY:Chuck Mead
TRANSCRIBED BY: JEFF GARY
[F]MY POCKETS ARE EMPTY THOUGH MY WIFE HAS SENT ME
TO THE [Bb]STORE FOR SOME CIGARETTES AND BREAD
I STARTED [F]WALKIN' THERE GOT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE
THEN THE [C]SMELL OF BEER WENT TO MY HEAD
THE [F]THING ABOUT BEER, IT CAN MAKE A MAN HEAR
[Bb]VOICES FROM DAYS LONG SINCE PAST
AND WITH [F]EVERY THIRD DRINK IT'LL [C]MAKE YOU THINK
THAT YOUR [Bb]YOUTH WILL ALWAYS [C]LAST
CHORUS
NO MATTER [Bb]WHICH WAY YOU MOVE
IT TAKES A [F]LIFETIME TO PROVE TO YOUR[C]SELF
I COULD HAVE BEEN [Dm]MORE
I GOT [Bb]ONE FOOT IN THE [F]DOOR, [C]I JUST WANT ONE [F]MORE
I THOUGHT OF A TIME WHEN MY FUTURE WAS MINE
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID
I WAS HANDSOME AND STRONG AND WHEN I WALKED ALONG
I STOOD ERECT AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD
BUT THEN I LOST MY FIGHT, "GOING TO" TURNED TO "MIGHT"
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I LOST MY WILL
AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE, MY LIFE FULL OF BEER
AND I TRY TO PRETEND IT'S NOT REAL
CHORUS
SOLO (CHORD CHANGE TO G FG BbC CD)
THESE DAYS I BARELY SURVIVE ON LOT NUMBER FIVE
IN THE MOBILE ACRES ON THE EASTSIDE OF TOWN
I SWORE THIS KIND OF LIFE I'D NEVER LEAD
I GUESS I LET TOO MANY THINGS GET ME DOWN
IF MY PAPPY COULD SEE WHAT THEY DONE TO ME
I SWEAR HE'D MARCH DOWN THERE AND MAKE IT ALL RIGHT
BUT HE'S LONG SINCE GONE AND I'M OLD ENOUGH NOW
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGHT MY OWN FIGHT
CHORUS
TAG: LAST LINE OF CHORUS
1985 Bobbex Music, Five Towers, Music
a Division of Castle Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
BR5-49
P.O. Box 23288
Nashville, TN 37202
Lyrics Source - http://www.br5-49.com
-Jeff Gary-
jwgary@mail.utexas.edu
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jwgary
