Tough Folks Acoustic chords by American Aquarium

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC G+G F7F7 G+G

Verse 1:
C majorC         G+G      F7F7    G+G
I'm caught in the shadows, the American South
     C majorC    G+G         F7F7 G+G
Somewhere between hypocrite and hallelujah
C majorC    G+G         F7F7   G+G
Six generations of barely gettin' by
  C majorC       G+G       F7F7 G+G
Six generations of hey, what's it to ya?
C majorC          G+G        F7F7     G+G
When the only thing harder than the work is the luck
  C majorC      G+G       F7F7   G+G
The outcome's as hopeful as the evenin' news
C majorC     G+G    F7F7    G+G
And last November I saw firsthand
     C majorC   G+G   F7F7     G+G
What desperation makes good people do

Chorus:
F7F7     G+G
Life ain't fair
C majorC            G+G F7F7
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
         G+G
Tough times don't last
      C majorC G+G F7F7 G+G
Tough folks do

Verse 2:
   C majorC      G+G      F7F7    G+G
See I come from a long line of Carolina farmers
  C majorC    G+G       F7F7 G+G
For years, tobacco was the answer
  C majorC        G+G     F7F7     G+G
It kept the lights on and put food on the table
     C majorC    G+G         F7F7 G+G
'Til the doctors started callin' it cancer
   C majorC      G+G      F7F7     G+G
So we took to the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains
    C majorC     G+G       F7F7   G+G
With a harvest of corn and some copper line
    C majorC       G+G      F7F7    G+G
And we found you can get a little slice of heaven
     C majorC      G+G      F7F7     G+G
With some sugar yeast water and a whole lotta time

Chorus:
F7F7     G+G
Life ain't fair
C majorC            G+G F7F7
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
         G+G
Tough times don't last
      C majorC G+G F7F7 G+G
Tough folks do

Bridge:
A minorAm        G+G     F7F7           C majorC
Where I'm from a man's only worth the weight of his word and
A minorAm      G+G        C majorC
Respect ain't handed out, it's earned
A minorAm        G+G          F7F7         C majorC
I've been runnin' with my back to the wall for seventeen years now
E minorEm       F7F7       G+G
And if it's one thing that I've learned, it's ...

Chorus:
F7F7     G+G
Life ain't fair
C majorC            G+G F7F7
Saddle up, boy, and see it through
         G+G
Tough times don't last
      C majorC G+G F7F7 G+G
Tough folks do

OUTRO:
C majorC G+G F7F7 G+G

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