F#m E D A
Bm E A

[Verse]

E                    E
Daddy shoulda been a preacher man
      A                                A
Cause everybody loved to hear him speak
   E                        E
He didn't always follow his own advice
       A                  E
But we got a sermon every week
          F#m                   D
He'd say, Trouble always starts as fun
           A                  E
And broken hearts will always mend
      F#m                     D
Tough times don't last, tough people do
            Bm               E     E
And nothing breaks if it can bend

[Chorus]

                     D
Don't ever sell your saddle
D                 A     A
Never owe another man
      Bm                  E
Watch where you spit on a windy day
          A                    A
Don't use words you don't understand
                     D            D
Find the Lord before you need Him
                    F#m     F#m
And never lose your pride
                     Bm     A
Don't ever sell your saddle
      D              E    A
Cause life's a long, long ride

[Bridge]

A F#m E D
A Bm E A

[Verse]

E                    E
Daddy never ran from anything
       A                     A
Always took his share of the blame
      E                          E
Had a heart big enough to fill a valley up
    A                     E
But hard enough to stop a train
         F#m                 D
He said, Only fight when you have to
                A               E
Because there's always a faster gun
                  F#m           D
And you'll know a hero from a coward
         Bm                 E
When you see which way they run

[Chorus]

E                    D
Don't ever sell your saddle
D                 A     A
Never owe another man
      Bm                  E
Watch where you spit on a windy day
          A                    A
Don't use words you don't understand
                     D             D
Find the Lord before you need Him
               F#m        F#m
And never lose your pride
                     Bm      A
Don't ever sell your saddle
      D              E    A     A
Cause life's a long, long ride

[Bridge]

      G               D
Daddy left me his old saddle
    A                  E
The day that he passed on
          G                     D
And these words are etched into my mind
     E              A  E
Just like they were in stone

[Chorus]

E                    D
Don't ever sell your saddle
D                 A     A
Never owe another man
      Bm                  E
Watch where you spit on a windy day
          A                    A
Don't use words you don't understand
                     D
Find the Lord before you need Him
D              F#m        F#m
And never lose your pride
                     Bm      A
Don't ever sell your saddle
      D              E    A    F#m
Cause life's a long, long ride

[Outro]

                     Bm     A
Don't ever sell your saddle
      D          E
Cause life's a long
A
Long ride
A F#m E D
A Bm E A A