21 Year Old Man Blues chords by Colin Stough

Tuning: Half-step down

Key: Bbm

Intro:

Bm   D Bm    A E Bm
D Bm   D


Verse 1:
Bm
Robbed a bank in Tupelo
             D                Bm    D
‘Cause I had hungry mouths to feed
E

Man does what he’s got to do
                              Bm           D
Don’t give a damn what people think, oh no
        F#m
Now I’m out here on the road
         A       E       Bm     D
Got them 21 year old man blues


Verse 2:
Bm
Somewhere in the Delta
                                       D
I ditched the truck and hitched a ride
           E
Got pulled over by the state police
                          Bm    D
My life flashed before my eyes
           F#m
That’s the hell of a heavy load
              A       E       Bm     D
To carry them 21 year old man blues


Chorus:
  E
I ain’t the man my daddy raised
                                Bm
I ain’t the man my momma prayed I’d be
Bm
That ain’t me
  E
I learned the hard way every mile
                                  Bm
The price you pay to living’ wild ain’t free
Bm
Sure ain’t free
    F#m
I’m way to young too know about
     A       E       Bm      A
Them 21 year old man blues


[Guitar Solo]
Bm   D Bm    E    Bm
F#m  A E Bm  Bm


Chorus:
  E
I ain’t the man my daddy raised
                                Bm
I ain’t the man my momma prayed I’d be
Bm
That ain’t me
  E
I learned the hard way every mile
                                  Bm
The price you pay to living’ wild ain’t free
Bm
It ain’t free
        F#m
But I’m way to young too know about
           A       E       Bm
‘Bout them 21 year old man blues
Bm
Ah yeah


Bridge:
           F#m
I’m on the downhill road
            A       E       Bm
Livin’ them 21 year old man blues
Bm
Ah yeah, come on


Outro:
D Bm    D Bm    D Bm
D Bm    D Bm    D Bm
D Bm    D Bm    D Bm