Tough Folks Acoustic Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: D Difficulty: Novice Intro: C G F7 G Verse 1: C G F7 G I'm caught in the shadows, the American South C G F7 G Somewhere between hypocrite and hallelujah C G F7 G Six generations of barely gettin' by C G F7 G Six generations of hey, what's it to ya? C G F7 G When the only thing harder than the work is the luck C G F7 G The outcome's as hopeful as the evenin' news C G F7 G And last November I saw firsthand C G F7 G What desperation makes good people do

Chorus: F7 G Life ain't fair C G F7 Saddle up, boy, and see it through G Tough times don't last C G F7 G Tough folks do Verse 2: C G F7 G See I come from a long line of Carolina farmers C G F7 G For years, tobacco was the answer C G F7 G It kept the lights on and put food on the table C G F7 G 'Til the doctors started callin' it cancer C G F7 G So we took to the hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains C G F7 G With a harvest of corn and some copper line C G F7 G And we found you can get a little slice of heaven C G F7 G With some sugar yeast water and a whole lotta time Chorus: F7 G Life ain't fair C G F7 Saddle up, boy, and see it through G Tough times don't last C G F7 G Tough folks do Bridge: Am G F7 C Where I'm from a man's only worth the weight of his word and Am G C Respect ain't handed out, it's earned Am G F7 C I've been runnin' with my back to the wall for seventeen years now Em F7 G And if it's one thing that I've learned, it's ... Chorus: F7 G Life ain't fair C G F7 Saddle up, boy, and see it through G Tough times don't last C G F7 G Tough folks do OUTRO: C G F7 G