Losing Pop chords by Doubleshot

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C G/B Am G F F G
C G/B Am G F F G



Verse 1:
        C          G/B          Am       G           F          F          G
Walkin’ out of the hay field at 12 years old Lord it seems like yesterday
         C      G/B  Am           G            F         F                 G
Watchin’ my old man  reach in his cooler As he wiped the sweat away
   F                      G                           C      G/B      Am   G
An ice cold Schlitz and a shaker of salt He’d pour it on and pull the top
           F                                G                              G
I remember thinkin’ that it must be good He never left a single drop.

Chorus:
        F                G                       C        G/B      Am       G
I put a hundred miles on my old truck And never touched a blacktop road
F                    G                         C    G/B    Am               G
Comin’ to grips with losin’ ‘Pop’ Turns out to be a heavy load
        F                 G                              C    G/B     Am    G
I ain’t got enough gas or beer in this truck to make the hurt go away
            F           G                    C G/B Am G F F G               G
He’s always been around... but he left us today



Verse 2:
                 C          G/B     Am       G     F                        G
Came home with a Seabee’s tattoo on my right arm I served my country well
           C      G/B           Am     G           F                        G
Bought the family business from my old man back before loggin’ went to hell
          F             G                   C        G/B      Am            G
It wasn’t always bad, I made good money For years – truth be told –
       F                                        G                           G
He was standin’ right there by my side when the auctioneer said “sold”



Chorus:
        F                G                       C        G/B      Am       G
I put a hundred miles on my old truck and never touched a blacktop road
F                    G                         C    G/B    Am               G
Comin’ to grips with losin’ ‘Pop’ Turns out to be a heavy load
        F                 G                              C    G/B     Am    G
I ain’t got enough gas or beer in this truck to make the hurt go away
            F           G                    C     C     C     C      G
He’s always been around... but he left us today



Bridge:
             F                G                        C       G/B      Am  G
He taught me how to love, and how to laugh, and how to work hard every day
             F             G                     C        G/B      Am       G
To plant a garden in the springtime and put up a winter’s worth of hay
      F                 G                C    G/B     Am    Am    Am    Am  G
Stand tall for what I believe in, help a neighbor in need
     F          F                     G                 G
Yea, my old man might be gone, but he still lives on in me



Chorus:
(Modified)
        F                G                       C        G/B      Am       G
I put a hundred miles on my old truck and never touched a blacktop road
F                    G                         C    G/B    Am               G
Comin’ to grips with losin’ ‘Pop’ Turns out to be a heavy load
         F                 G                              C    G/B     Am   Am
I can’t get enough gas or beer in this truck to make the hurt go away
           G  F         G                          C G/B Am G F F
...He may not be around... but still lives in us today



Outro:
      G        G    C G/B Am G F F
still lives in us today
      G             C
still lives in us today





Written by Kimball Davis, Dennis Nix