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[Intro]
| B7 - | - A7 |
[Verse 1]
E E
Well that label man said son
Now can you sing a little bit more clear
Said your voice might be too genuine
Your song's a little too sincere
Can you sing a little more 'bout outlaws
A7 E
And the way things used to be?
He told me you just worry about writing them songs
B7
Leave everything else to me
[Verse 2]
E E
Daddy was a Highwayman
But he never wrote any old country songs
Papaw never stayed out
Raising hell til the break of dawn
But he raised a proud coal miners daughter
A7 E
And I'm proud to be her son
She told me boy I don't care if you hit it big
B7
'Cause you're already number one
A7
That's the way it goes
[Chorus]
E
In this day and age
Well you ain't gotta read between the lines
B7
You just gotta turn the page
A7
Well the most outlaw thing that I've ever done
E
Was give a good woman a ring
B7
But that's the way it goes Life ain't fair
E
and the world is mean
[Post-Chorus]
A7 E B7
E E
Well I still got the wife and the dog
[Break]
But I swapped the truck out for a van
Gonna hit the road find the end of that
Long white line in The Promised Land
You won't hear my song on the radio
A7 E
New sounds all the rage
But you can always find me in a smokey bar
B7
With bad sound and a dim lit stage
A7
That's the way it goes
[Chorus]
E
In this day and age
Well you ain't gotta read between the lines
B7
You just gotta turn the page
A7
Well the most outlaw thing that I've ever done
E
Was give a good woman a ring
B7
That's the way it goes Life ain't fair
E
and the world is mean
E B7
That's the way it goes Life ain't fair
[Outro]
E
and the world is mean
[Intro]
| B7 - | - A7 |
[Verse 1]
| E - | - - |
| E - | - - | - - | - - |
| - - | A7 E | - - | B7 - |
Well that label man said son
Now can you sing a little bit more clear
Said your voice might be too genuine
Your song's a little too sincere
Can you sing a little more 'bout outlaws
And the way things used to be?
He told me you just worry about writing them songs
Leave everything else to me
[Verse 2]
| E - | - - | E - | - - |
| - - | - - | - - | A7 E |
| - - | B7 - | A7 - |
Daddy was a Highwayman
But he never wrote any old country songs
Papaw never stayed out
Raising hell til the break of dawn
But he raised a proud coal miners daughter
And I'm proud to be her son
She told me boy I don't care if you hit it big
'Cause you're already number one
That's the way it goes
[Chorus]
| E - |
| - - | - B7 | - A7 | - E |
| - - | B7 E | -
In this day and age
Well you ain't gotta read between the lines
You just gotta turn the page
Well the most outlaw thing that I've ever done
Was give a good woman a ring
But that's the way it goes Life ain't fair
and the world is mean
[Post-Chorus]
A7 | - E |
| - - | B7 E | - - | - E |
| - - | - - | - - | - - |
| -
Well I still got the wife and the dog
[Break]
A7 | E - | - B7 | - A7 |
| -
But I swapped the truck out for a van
Gonna hit the road find the end of that
Long white line in The Promised Land
You won't hear my song on the radio
New sounds all the rage
But you can always find me in a smokey bar
With bad sound and a dim lit stage
That's the way it goes
[Chorus]
E | - - | - - | B7 - |
| A7 - | E - | - B7 | E - |
| E B7 |
In this day and age
Well you ain't gotta read between the lines
You just gotta turn the page
Well the most outlaw thing that I've ever done
Was give a good woman a ring
That's the way it goes Life ain't fair
and the world is mean
That's the way it goes Life ain't fair
[Outro]
| E |
and the world is mean
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