Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF F G+G
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF F G+G
Verse 1:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF FF G+G
Walkin’ out of the hay field at 12 years old Lord it seems like yesterday
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF FF G+G
Watchin’ my old man reach in his cooler As he wiped the sweat away
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
An ice cold Schlitz and a shaker of salt He’d pour it on and pull the top
FF G+G G+G
I remember thinkin’ that it must be good He never left a single drop.
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
I put a hundred miles on my old truck And never touched a blacktop road
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Comin’ to grips with losin’ ‘Pop’ Turns out to be a heavy load
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
I ain’t got enough gas or beer in this truck to make the hurt go away
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF F G+G G+G
He’s always been around... but he left us today
Verse 2:
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G
Came home with a Seabee’s tattoo on my right arm I served my country well
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G
Bought the family business from my old man back before loggin’ went to hell
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
It wasn’t always bad, I made good money For years – truth be told –
FF G+G G+G
He was standin’ right there by my side when the auctioneer said “sold”
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
I put a hundred miles on my old truck and never touched a blacktop road
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Comin’ to grips with losin’ ‘Pop’ Turns out to be a heavy load
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
I ain’t got enough gas or beer in this truck to make the hurt go away
FF G+G C majorC C majorC C majorC C majorC G+G
He’s always been around... but he left us today
Bridge:
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
He taught me how to love, and how to laugh, and how to work hard every day
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
To plant a garden in the springtime and put up a winter’s worth of hay
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm G+G
Stand tall for what I believe in, help a neighbor in need
FF FF G+G G+G
Yea, my old man might be gone, but he still lives on in me
Chorus:
(Modified)
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
I put a hundred miles on my old truck and never touched a blacktop road
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Comin’ to grips with losin’ ‘Pop’ Turns out to be a heavy load
FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm A minorAm
I can’t get enough gas or beer in this truck to make the hurt go away
G+G FF G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF F
...He may not be around... but still lives in us today
Outro:
G+G G+G C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G FF F
still lives in us today
G+G C majorC
still lives in us today
Written by Kimball Davis, Dennis Nix