Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: E MajorE
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
E MajorE
Verse 1:
E MajorE
Growin' up in a little town
B7B7
There ain't that much to do
B7B7
Drinkin' beer and driving trucks
B7B7 E MajorE
A augmentedA bad idea that's true
E MajorE A augmentedA
I thought I was invincible at nineteen I guess
A augmentedA E MajorE
Woke up in a fence and I heard
B7B7 E MajorE
"Sir, you're under arrest"
Chorus:
E MajorE
Now I'm walkin'
B7B7
You know it's true
B7B7
I let the liquor get the best of me
E MajorE
My driving days are through
E MajorE
Sixteen hundred dollars later
E MajorE A augmentedA
And my count's still overdue
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
Interlude:
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Verse 2:
E MajorE
I never thought I'd be a man
B7B7
Who did things like I do
B7B7 E MajorE
I never thought I'd be a fixture on mugshots and a cruise
E MajorE A augmentedA
Now some guy is drawing me as part of his art show
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
They look at his rendition of my face and then they go
Chorus:
E MajorE
I bet he's walkin'
B7B7
You know it's true
B7B7
He let the liquor get the best of him
E MajorE
His driving days are through
E MajorE
Sixteen hundred dollars later
E MajorE A augmentedA
And his count's still overdue
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
He's walkin' twenty miles to get that SR-22
Interlude:
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE E B7B7 E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Verse 3:
N.C.
Every place I go nowadays
N.C.
I hide my face in shame
N.C.
I try get a job but can't 'cause they all now my name
N.C.
How's a man supposed to work hard enough to pay his dues
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
Without a job he can't buy no SR-22
Chorus:
E MajorE
Now I'm walkin'
B7B7
You know it's true
B7B7
I let the liquor get the best of me
E MajorE
My driving days are through
E MajorE
Sixteen hundred dollars later
E MajorE A augmentedA
And my count's still overdue
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
A augmentedA E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE E7E7
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22