Not Forget The Words chords by Kalyn Beasley

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

♫ Verse 1:

C                         F         C
Believe it or not I treat it like a job
                                F    C
I got the tools I use I put my boots on
          Am                  G      F
A lot of pride in a man who wears a hard hat



C                             F        C
Believe it or not I treat it just like that
                              F           C
Everybody writes songs every day of their lives
                             F           C
But most don’t know what to do with the lines
 C/B      Am                           G         F
    Treat em like strange things in a lost and found
     C                       F          C
The difference with me is I write mine down

♫ Chorus:
      F                 C                G                  Am       G
The front side of this old guitar's seen more backsides on stools in bars
  F                C                 G
Trying to write something make em turn around
F                C                G
Try and make em laugh try and be profound
F                        C              G             Am       G
And all the skills that I’ve aquired qualify me for changing tires
F                     C                    G
Changing strings and watching the sun come up
   F               C             G
As for the last I think I’ve had enough
           Am              G            F                   C
But when it comes to this job the most important thing I’ve learned
                         F   G        C
Is how to get drunk and not forget the words

♫ Verse 2:
C                            F             C
People wanna know about the girls and the road
    C                          F               C     C/B
and all the crazy things that happen after the show
   Am                   G          F          C                 F             C
somewhere, somehow this myth got around that all we ever do is party with the crowd
       F                           C                G                    Am     G
But if you could just picture for a second for me a movie theatre full of empty seats
         F                C                  G
And the credits roll and one guy’s picking up trash
 F            C                       G
A lot of the time it looks a lot like that
Am                    G
It aint romantic it’s pretty damn rough
         F              C
And it’s hardest on the ones you love
          F          G         C
Reciting poetry to a bunch of drunks

♫ Instrumental:
C F C C F C C/B Am G F C F C

♫ Verse 3:
   F                C
We sit up there and we tell jokes
    G                 Am         G
Tell stories about the songs we wrote
     F               C                G
And between we take shots, smokes and beers
F        C                     G
Keep in mind this goes on for years
F                    C
You only get good by going too far
      G                    Am       G
Keep track of where in the song you are
F                   C                    G
And try to ride the line as close as you can
 F         C                   G
What I’m trying to make you understand is

♫ Chorus:
      F                 C                G                  Am       G
The front side of this old guitar's seen more backsides on stools in bars
  F                C                 G
Trying to write something make em turn around
F                C                G
Try and make em laugh try and be profound
F                        C              G             Am       G
And all the skills that I’ve aquired qualify me for changing tires
F                     C                    G
Changing strings and watching the sun come up
   F               C             G
As for the last I think I’ve had enough
           Am              G            F                   C
But when it comes to this job the most important thing I’ve learned
                         F   G        C
Is how to get drunk and not forget the words
                     F   G   C
Is how to get drunk