Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse 1: G Bathing in the noonday sun, you might think you live the good life G Waiting for the rains to come, you hear the thunder strike D C D C Pick it up and pack it in, you'd better run and hide- G The devil's got a bone to pick when he beats his pretty wife. Verse 2: G I always did what daddy said, not out to break my mother's back G
But hard work don't keep hard luck from slipping in the cracks D C D C There's one thing daddy never said that turned out to be true- G When you're marching to a different drum the world is out to beat you. Verse 3: G Nothing wrong with home made bread and poke salad to live on G Most people think you're less than shit if you ain't got a home loan D C D C It's amazing how I once was blind, now I finally see- G From here on out I'm treating folks the way they try and treat me. Verse 4: G Guilty conscience come and gone, now it's time for action G Murder might be justified if you're living in a mansion D C D C I ain't no Job, I've done my share, nothing more than mud- G And if something doesn't change soon then the air is gonna smell like blood. Outro: G Bathing in the noonday sun, you might think you lead the good life.
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