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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: E
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
E
Verse 1:
E
Growin' up in a little town
B7
There ain't that much to do
B7
Drinkin' beer and driving trucks
B7 E
A bad idea that's true
E A
I thought I was invincible at nineteen I guess
A E
Woke up in a fence and I heard
B7 E
"Sir, you're under arrest"
Chorus:
E
Now I'm walkin'
B7
You know it's true
B7
I let the liquor get the best of me
E
My driving days are through
E
Sixteen hundred dollars later
E A
And my count's still overdue
A E B7 E
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
Interlude:
A E B7 E
Verse 2:
E
I never thought I'd be a man
B7
Who did things like I do
B7 E
I never thought I'd be a fixture on mugshots and a cruise
E A
Now some guy is drawing me as part of his art show
A E B7 E
They look at his rendition of my face and then they go
Chorus:
E
I bet he's walkin'
B7
You know it's true
B7
He let the liquor get the best of him
E
His driving days are through
E
Sixteen hundred dollars later
E A
And his count's still overdue
A E B7 E
He's walkin' twenty miles to get that SR-22
Interlude:
A E B7 E E B7 E A E B7 E
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 E B7 E
Without a job he can't buy no SR-22
Chorus:
E
Now I'm walkin'
B7
You know it's true
B7
I let the liquor get the best of me
E
My driving days are through
E
Sixteen hundred dollars later
E A
And my count's still overdue
A E B7 E
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
A E B7 E
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
A E B7 E E7
And I'm walkin' twenty miles to get my SR-22
Song History
Last Updated: April 26, 2021