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The Mystery Of Life by Johnny Cash

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Key: E

🤠 Intro: 

| E      | E      | A      | A      | B      | B      | E      | E      |



🤠 Verse 1:
E         E             A           A
Peterbilt drivers don't pick up low riders
            B           B             E      E
They don't slow for the curves in the road
     E            E               A         A
They hate to keep logs, they hate riders on hogs
      B         B             E      E
Watch out for a shift in your load


🤠 Chorus: 
E          E            A          A
When I was young
I had Gene Autry guns
      B           B      E      E
But I never had a Lionel train
    E          E           A             A
Now I've got a truck, if I keep payments up
       B             B           E      E
And it weighs thirty tons in the rain

🤠 Verse 2:
       E      E          A       A
I wear Frisco jeans with riveted seams
   B        B             E      E
My money is chained to my belt
  E          E   A            A
I wear a Cat cap just like my pap
   B             B          E      E
He drove till it ruined his health
     E             E               A           A
Now
Georgia Bill Smith wore thick glasses and boots
         B            B               E      E
He could see about as far as he could walk
   E           E            A          A
He came up too fast on that bridge overpass
          B             B           E      E
Lord, the preacher sure gave a fine talk


🤠 Chorus: 
E          E            A          A
When I was young
I had Gene Autry guns
      B           B      E      E
But I never had a Lionel train
    E          E           A             A
Now I've got a truck, if I keep payments up
       B             B           E      E
And it weighs thirty tons in the rain


🤠 Instrumental: 
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| E      | E      | A      | A      | B      | B      | E      | E      |


🤠 Verse 3:
     E          E              A      A
I've read a few lines from the poets
    B            B               E      E
And sometimes
I might cross the line
  E              E             A          A
I don't know the answer to the mystery of life
      B          B              E      E
But a woman sure helps pass the time


🤠 Chorus: 
E          E            A          A
When I was young
I had Gene Autry guns
      B           B      E      E
But I never had a Lionel train
    E          E           A             A
Now I've got a truck, if I keep payments up
       B             B           E      E
And it weighs thirty tons in the rain
E          E            A          A
When I was young
I had Gene Autry guns
      B           B      E      E
But I never had a Lionel train
    E          E           A             A
Now I've got a truck, if I keep payments up
       B             B           E      E
And it weighs thirty tons in the rain


🤠 Outro: 
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