Midwest Memoir chords by Tyler Nance

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

Bm   D   A   Bm

Bm  D  A  E
Bm  D  A  E


🎸 Verse:
Bm                     D          A          E
We were wailin' at the exit signs on Highway 49
Bm                D           A            E
Couple short of a DUI, thank God for 40th lane
Bm                  D
  Bootleggers with Miller Lite
A                           E
Blue Camel Crushes was the appetite
Bm                   D
A cabin party ain't classified
      A                   E
Just bring the whole crew over
      A                  E
Just know that we ain't sober

🎸 Chorus:
         Bm                D
We were John Deere green, dirt road poor
A                      E
Buy a case of beer to settle the score
Bm             D            A    E
  Drivin' too drunk in our cars

Bm                         D
Prayin' for rain, burnin' midnight oil
       A                  E
Tryna get ahead but just diggin' a hole
Bm                D                       A  E
Always goin' too fast, never gettin' too far

                  Bm   D  A  E
That's a Midwest memoir


🎸 Verse:
Bm                  D
City queens want a limousine
     A                              E
Got thirty in the pasture that are ready to feed
Bm                   D
Hard work but we're livin' the dream
      A              E
Just take us as you see


🎸 Chorus:
         Bm                D
We were John Deere green, dirt road poor
A                      E
Buy a case of beer to settle the score
Bm             D            A    E
  Drivin' too drunk in our cars

Bm                         D
Prayin' for rain, burnin' midnight oil
       A                  E
Tryna get ahead but just diggin' a hole
Bm                D                       A  E
Always goin' too fast, never gettin' too far

                  Bm   D  A  E
That's a Midwest memoir
                  Bm   D  A  E
That's a Midwest memoir


🎸 Verse:
         Bm                    D
Fightin' tooth and nail not to go to jail
          A          E
Somethin' I couldn't do well
 Bm                    D
Midwest women made it harder'n hell
     A                   E
Not much to twistin' my arm
         A            E
We'll be over in the hour


🎸 Chorus:
         Bm                D
We were John Deere green, dirt road poor
A                      E
Buy a case of beer to settle the score
Bm             D            A    E
  Drivin' too drunk in our cars

Bm                         D
Prayin' for rain, burnin' midnight oil
       A                  E
Tryna get ahead but just diggin' a hole
Bm                D                       A  E
Always goin' too fast, never gettin' too far


🎸 Outro:
                  Bm   D  A
That's a Midwest memoir
 E               Bm    D  A  E
That's a Midwest memoir
                 Bm
That's a Midwest memoir