Good Ol' Boy chords and lyrics - STEVE EARLE

Lời & hợp âm

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 1]
[G]I got a job
but it ain't nearly enough
A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck
Belongs to [F]me and the bank
And some funny talkin' man from Iran
[G]

[Verse 2]
I left the service and got a G.I. loan
I got married, [Gm]bought myself [G]a home
Now I hang [F]around this one horse town
And do the best than I can
[G]

[Verse 3]
It's get[C]tin' [G]tough,
[C]jus[G]t my luck[C][G]
I was born in the land of plenty,
now there ain't [D]enough
Gettin' [G]cold, [C]I'v[G]e been told[C]
[G]Well, now[C]adays it just don't pay[D] to be
a good [G]ol' boy

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[Gm]Been goin' nowhere
[G]down a one- way track
I'd [Gm]kill to [G]leave it but
ain't no turnin' back
Got the [F]wife and the kids and
what will everybody [G]say
My brother's standin' on a welfare line
An[Gm]d any minute now I might get mine
[G]Meanwhi[F]le it's the

[Verse 5]
I.R.S. and the Devil to pay
[G]It's all get[C]tin' [G]tough,
[C]jus[G]t my luck[C][G]
I was born in the land of plenty,
now there ain't [D]enough
Gettin' [G]cold,
[C]I'v[G]e been told[C][G]
Well, [C]nowadays it just don't [D]pay to

[Interlude 2]
be a good ol' boy
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 6]
Well, [C]I hit the beer joints
every [D]Friday [G]night
[C]Spend a little money lookin' [D]for a [G]fight
[C]But it don't matter if I l[D]ose or win[G]
[C]'Cause Monday,
I'm back on the losin' end again
[D]

[Verse 7]
Gettin' [G]tough, it's just my luck
I [D]was [G]born in the land of plenty,
now there ain't [D]enough
It's gettin' [G]cold, I've been told
Well, [C]nowadays it just don't [D]pay
to be a good ol' [G]boy

[Verse 8]
Gettin' [G]tough, just my luck
I was [Gm]born [G]in the land of plenty
now there ain't [D]enough
We're gettin' [G]cold, I've been told
Well, [C]nowadays it just don't [D]pay

[Outro 1]
to be a good ol' boy
[G][C][G][C]