Overalls chords by Emily Scott Robinson

• Capo on 1st

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




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

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


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

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


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

Interlude:
D C G D C D

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

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


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


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