[Intro]
D A Bm G (This G is a down-up, mute, down-up, mute, then down, down, transition to D)
[Verse 1]
D A
Why would any teenage boy cut grass
A Bm
Sweat all summer, save his cash
Bm G
Dream about turnin' heads downtown
G
Straight pipes on a hand-me-down
G D
[Verse 2]
D A
How would anybody's daddy get around
A Bm
To mend the fences and feed the cows
Bm G
Where the hell would a small-town girl climb up
D
If it wasn't for trucks
A (Total mute, single down-up strum)
[Chorus]
D A
Where would I have raised all that hell=
A Bm
Talked to God all by myself
Bm G
How would I have got to Tennessee
G D
Without a bucket seat
D A
Where was I supposed to cry that July day granddaddy died
D A G
Or haul that deer, drink that beer, and fall in and out of love
G (Strum down three times and let ring)
D
If it wasn't for trucks
[Verse 3]
D A
Where would I first heard Merle
A Bm
Got the nerve to kiss a green-eyed girl=
Bm G
Where would old dogs ride
G D
Where would life fly by
[Chorus]
D A
Where would I have raised all that hell
A Bm
Talked to God all by myself
Bm G
How would I have got to Tennessee
G D
Without a bucket seat
D A
Where was I supposed to cry that July day granddaddy died
Bm A G
Or haul that deer, drink that beer, and fall in and out of love
G D
If it wasn't for trucks
A Bm
If it wasn't for trucks
(G) (This G is a down-up, mute, down-up, mute, then down, down, transition to Em)
Em G
I wouldn't be who I am today
Em G
If it wasn't for a short-bed Chevrolet
[Chorus]
D A
Where would I have raised all that hell
A Bm
Talked to God all by myself
Bm G
How would I have got to Tennessee
G D
Where would I be
D A
Where was I supposed to cry that July day granddaddy died
Bm A G
Or haul that deer, drink that beer, and fall in and out of love
G D
If it wasn't for trucks
A Bm
If it wasn't for trucks
(G) (This G is a down-up, mute, down-up, mute, then down, down, transition to D) (D)
