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Key: G
Tuning: E A D G B E
Intro:
G
Verse 1:
G
Gimme whiskey in the morning,
C G
gimme coffee in the evening,
C G
gimme snap backs and cracker jacks
D
and other things I believe in
C G
and you can crack this jack and snap back
C G
at the things you swear I lack,
C D G
I will love you more, babe, every day
Verse 2:
G
Gimme cigarettes in the afternoon
C G
read me Faulkner when I get real blue
C G
and the moon’s as big as moon pies
D
rising high in that Marlboro light sky,
C G
And I will bring you peaches
C G
that were picked out in Georgia
C D G
RC Colas I picked up off 64.
Chorus 1:
C G
I ain’t good at much of nothing,
C G
I hope I’m getting good at loving,
C G D G
I hope I’m getting good at letting you love me.
Verse 3:
G
I’ll tell you about them good ole days
C G
when Richard Petty ran the raceway,
C G
and he was king and I was prince
D
only problem is I wasn’t born back then
C G
and you were just smoke rising high,
C G
your parents didn’t know but I
C D G
knew that I was meant to love you babe.
Verse 4:
G
I will bring you Emmy Lou
C G
and Doc Watson we’ll see who plays who,
C G
and you can drag your needle
D
across my heart,
C G
and cross-stitch upon my skin
C G
when I get cross and don’t give in,
C D G
babe, I need your name upon my arm.
Chorus 2:
C G
Well I ain't good at much a nothing
C G
I hope I'm getting good at loving
C G D G
I hope I'm getting good at letting you love me.
C G
I ain't good at much a nothing
C G
I hope I'm getting good at loving
C G D G
I hope I'm getting good at letting you love me.
[Instrumental]
C G C G C G D G
Verse 5:
G
Stay under these sheets with me
C G
and be the place that we should be
C G
I’ll be the briars in the berry patch
D
and pull them ole blue jeans on back.
C G
and I will be your “Huckleberry”
C G
or whatever country song you care,
C D G
and we’ll both learn something 'bout being free.
Verse 6:
G
The sun has dropped itself on me,
C G
you’re sweeter than the sweetest thing
C G
I see your face on every sign
D
up 181
C G
and the muscadines all have your smile,
C G
so I just keep one in my mouth most times
C D G
and go out looking for that wholesome seed.
Chorus 3:
C G
Well I ain’t good at much of nothing,
C G
I hope I’m getting good at loving,
C G D G
I hope I’m getting good at letting you love me.
C G
I ain’t good at much of nothing,
C G
I hope I’m getting good at loving,
C G D G
I hope I’m getting good at letting you love me.
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Published: April 16, 2026
Last Updated: April 16, 2026