Overalls chords by Emily Scott Robinson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Verse 1:
     G+G     C majorC    G+G
He wore overalls to meet his King
        G+G           C majorC    G+G
Took a pack of Marlboro Reds and his wedding ring
     D MajorD            C majorC
And his fifty-year-long faithful bride
     D MajorD            C majorC
Held his hand, walked him to the other side



     G+G     C majorC    G+G
He said "Honey
I'm just so tired
     G+G       C majorC    G+G
"Of bein' hooked up to a hundred wires
  D MajorD         C majorC
"I wanna be in my own bed"
D MajorD          C majorC
Call the kids around and said

Chorus:
 D MajorD
"Raise a glass
   C majorC     G+G
To my good long life
        D MajorD
Don't dress in black
       C majorC    G+G
Don't let me see you cry
     D MajorD
I'm not afraid
     C majorC   G+G
I'm just headed home
     C majorC  D MajorD     G+G
And it's time to let me go"


Verse 2:
  G+G         C majorC  G+G
"I probably shouldn't have survived
G+G    C majorC G+G
April 1945
  D MajorD          C majorC
We buried half my company
   D MajorD        C majorC
And I wondered why it wasn't me

    G+G        C majorC     G+G
"Well that's the year I learned to pray
   G+G        C majorC   G+G
Just glad to wake up every day
  D MajorD            C majorC
I'm bound to see those boys again
    D MajorD           C majorC
Rolling dice and cigarettes in heaven"

Chorus:
      D MajorD
"So raise a glass
   C majorC     G+G
To my good long life
        D MajorD
Don't dress in black
       C majorC    G+G
Don't let me see you cry
      D MajorD
I'm not afraid
     C majorC   G+G
I'm just headed home
     C majorC D MajorD      G+G   C majorC G+G
And it's time to let me go"

Interlude:
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC D MajorD

Verse 3:
         G+G          C majorC   G+G
"Well you know
I kissed the ground after Japan
   G+G      C majorC  G+G
Came home to be a mailman
    D MajorD             C majorC
Right here in Crossville
Tennessee
        D MajorD         C majorC
I bought this farm to raise a family

   G+G          C majorC    G+G
"We planned for four, but we had five
      G+G      C majorC    G+G
Your baby sister was a big surprise
  D MajorD            C majorC
I know I don't have much to show
   D MajorD        C majorC
But I'm the richest man I know"


Chorus:
      D MajorD
"So raise a glass
   C majorC     G+G
To my good long life
        D MajorD
Don't dress in black
       C majorC    G+G
Don't let me see you cry
      D MajorD
I'm not afraid
     C majorC   G+G
I'm just headed home
     C majorC D MajorD      E minorEm
And it's time to let me go
C majorC D MajorD      G+G
it's time to let me go


Outro:
    G+G      C majorC    G+G
He wore overalls to meet his King
        G+G           C majorC   G+G
Took a pack of Marlboro Reds and his wedding ring