[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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A man with forty acres plowed and planted
G C
Can't send no fourteen year old boy to no school
F C
The only thing I learned in the years I worked on my daddy's farm
G C
Was son, you better get them crops in when it turns cool
[Verse 2]
F C
In the magazines, I saw the pretty women
G C
I heard about the drinkin' and the bars
F C
If my daddy could've caught me, he'd a-killed me
G C
He said, "You might run, boy, but you ain't gonna get far"
[Verse 3]
F C
I hit town, you might say that it hit me
G C
Next mornin' there were things I knew more about
F C
The woman who had taken me in she said, "Country boy, you're all right"
G C
The same way I turned her on, she turned me out
[Verse 4]
F C
The first law I broke, right away they got me
G C
I helped them build the country roads for awhile
F C
They fed me two times a day and they knocked me down about four
G C A
For thirty days I didn't even crack a smile
[Verse 5]
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I met a nice girl and she said I was her baby
A D
She let me go and would never tell me why
G D
I learned what it means to be somebody's baby
A D
They let you lie in your bed by yourself and cry
[Verse 6]
D G D
The miles were good but the mileage is turnin' my hair gray
A D
I've met some people that knew me and call me friend
G D
Ain't no sense wantin' my life to live over
A D
I'd find different ways to make those mistakes again
[Outro]
G D
So let me say this, I never tried to hurt anybody
A D
Though I guess there's a few, that I still couldn't look in the eye
G D
If I've got one wish, I hope it rains at my funeral
A D
For once, I'd like to be the only one dry
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