Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
| G+G | A augmentedA | D MajorD | D MajorD |
🎸 Verse 1:
D MajorD G+G
In days gone by, but not forgotten
A augmentedA D MajorD
I worked in a bill and I pulled in the cotton
G+G A augmentedA
Things you never think I done if you see me now
D MajorD G+G
I play, sing, and act like a star
A augmentedA D MajorD
But every time I look down at my borrowed guitar
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
I know I'm just six strings away from that same old plow
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
I'm playin' Nashville shows wearin' hipster clothes
D MajorD D7D7
But how long will good times stay?
D MajorD
Well now, a poor boy ways
G+G
And hard time days
A augmentedA D MajorD
Just six strings away
🎸 Instrumental:
| G+G | A augmentedA | D MajorD | D MajorD |
🎸 Verse 2:
D MajorD G+G
I met a girl seven years ago
A augmentedA D MajorD
In somewhere hick town where I played a show
G+G A augmentedA
And though I love her, you know I wonder just what she'd do
D MajorD G+G
If I laid this old guitar down
A augmentedA D MajorD
Just how long would she stay around?
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Or is she just six strings away from someone new
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
Yeah these six little string buy drinks and new things
D MajorD D7D7
But how long will she stay?
D MajorD
If she knew poor boy ways
G+G
And hard time days
A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD
Just six strings away
D MajorD
Well now, a poor boy ways
G+G
And hard time days
A augmentedA D MajorD
Just six strings away
🎸 Outro:
| G+G | A augmentedA | D MajorD | D MajorD |