Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
C majorC D MajorD G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G E minorEm
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G
Outside there’s a rusty pickup
Cadd9Cadd9
Underneath a shed
D MajorD
Mockingbird’s nest in the tailpipe
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
Empty feed sack in the bed
G+G
They took away my keys
Cadd9Cadd9
Sayin’ I’m too old to drive
D MajorD
It’s like they’re tryin’ to bury me
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
While I’m still alive
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
I always wanted a son
Cadd9Cadd9
I always wanted a woodshed
D MajorD
I always wanted to ride on an open range
G+G D MajorD G+G
And learn how to fly a plane, but I guess even pictures we never take
Cadd9Cadd9
Memories we’ll never make still fade
D MajorD
I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to
G+G Cadd9Cadd9
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G
They talk like I can’t hear ’em
Cadd9Cadd9
When they have to change my sheets
D MajorD
They’re getting tired and angry
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
‘Cause I won’t accept defeat
G+G
Uncle Frank lived to be a hundred
Cadd9Cadd9
Hell
I’m only ninety five
D MajorD
I ain’t raising no white flag
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
While I’m still alive
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
I always wanted a son
Cadd9Cadd9
I always wanted a woodshed
D MajorD
I always wanted to ride on an open range
G+G D MajorD G+G
And learn how to fly a plane, but I guess even pictures we never take
Cadd9Cadd9
Memories we’ll never make still fade
D MajorD G+G
I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
🎸 Verse 3:
G+G
My Marie showed up this morning
Cadd9Cadd9
Floatin’ right above that chair
D MajorD
She smiled the sweetest smile at me
G+G
As she hovered in the air
G+G
When that fever stole her from me
Cadd9Cadd9
I was twenty seven, she was just twenty five
D MajorD
I never dreamed I’d see my angel again
Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
While I’m still alive
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
I always wanted a son
Cadd9Cadd9
I always wanted a woodshed
D MajorD
I always wanted to ride on an open range
G+G D MajorD G+G
And learn how to fly a plane, but I guess even pictures we never take
Cadd9Cadd9
Memories we’ll never make still fade
D MajorD
I never did all I wanted to do but I always wanted to
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 D MajorD
🎸 Outro:
D MajorD
I never did all I wanted to do but I always want d to
G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G+G E minorEm G+G