Good Old Boys Like Me chords by Don Williams

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

uning:CAPO 2nd Fret

Intro:
G+G (two measures)
e|---------------| e|---------------|
b|-----0---0-----| b|-----0---0-----|
G+G|-------2-------| G+G|-------2-------|
D MajorD|---0-------0h2-| D MajorD|---0-------0h2-|
A augmentedA|---------------| A augmentedA|---------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------| E MajorE|-3-------------|

Verse:
G+G       D MajorD     C majorC    D MajorD     C majorC  D MajorD
When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed
    G+G     D MajorD     C majorC   D MajorD    C majorC  D MajorD
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my bed
    E minorEm             D MajorD
Then daddy came in to kiss his little man
   E minorEm           D MajorD
With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand
   C majorC            D MajorD
He talked about honor and things I should know
      C majorC           D MajorD
Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door

Chorus:
    G+G       D MajorD       E minorEm      D MajorD    C majorC   D MajorD
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
      G+G    D MajorD     E minorEm      D MajorD   C majorC
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
     D MajorD
Hank and Tennessee
  C majorC          D MajorD          E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
            D MajorD         G+G
So what do you do with good ole boys like me

G+G (two measures
e|---------------| e|---------------|
b|-----0---0-----| b|-----0---0-----|
G+G|-------2-------| G+G|-------2-------|
D MajorD|---0-------0h2-| D MajorD|---0-------0h2-|
A augmentedA|---------------| A augmentedA|---------------|
E MajorE|-3-------------| E MajorE|-3-------------|

Verse:
G+G        D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD    C majorC     D MajorD
Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does,
  G+G      D MajorD       C majorC       D MajorD     C majorC   D MajorD
But you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like I was.
  E minorEm                D MajorD
The smell of Cape Jasmine through the window screen
   E minorEm             D MajorD
John R. and The Wolfman Kept me company
    C majorC            D MajorD
By the light of the radio by my bed,
   C majorC            D MajorD
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head.

Chorus:
    G+G       D MajorD       E minorEm      D MajorD    C majorC   D MajorD
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
      G+G    D MajorD     E minorEm      D MajorD   C majorC
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
     D MajorD
Hank and Tennessee
  C majorC          D MajorD          E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
            D MajorD         G+G
So what do you do with good ole boys like me

Instrumental:
  G+G       D MajorD       C majorC      D MajorD
e|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------0-------------3-------------1------------3-----|
G+G|-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0--0---0-----2---2---|
D MajorD|---0-------0-----0-------0-----2------2-----0-------0-|
A augmentedA|---------------0-------------3------------0-----------|
E MajorE|-3----------------------------------------------------|

Verse:
G+G       D MajorD    C majorC     D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD
When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street,
   G+G      D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD      C majorC   D MajorD
And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed,
   E minorEm             D MajorD
But I was smarter than that, and I could choose.
      E minorEm            D MajorD
Learned to talk like the man on the six o'clock news.
   C majorC           D MajorD
When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the road
   C majorC              D MajorD
But it really doesn't matter how far I'd go

Chorus:
    G+G       D MajorD       E minorEm      D MajorD    C majorC   D MajorD
I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees
      G+G    D MajorD     E minorEm      D MajorD   C majorC
And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
     D MajorD
Hank and Tennessee
  C majorC          D MajorD          E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be
            D MajorD         E minorEm D MajorD C majorC
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
            D MajorD            G+G
Yeah So what do you do with good ole boys like me

Outro:
e|-----------------|
b|-----0-----------|
G+G|-------0h2-0-----|
D MajorD|---0---------0h2-|
A augmentedA|-----------------|
E MajorE|-3---------------| (x3, the strum a G+G chord)