Intro:
G      C      G
   Cmaj7      G
D      C      G
   Cmaj7      G
D             G
C             G
D             G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7

Verse 1:
       G                          C      G
Well I worked all summer couldn't save a cent
       Cmaj7               G
I gave all my money to the government
D                  C          G
I don't know quite how it got spent
        Cmaj7                   G
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
D                     G
Man at the mill can't see boy
Cmaj7                  G
Let me get my feed for free boys
D                     G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is


Verse 2:
G                C      G
I cut out down a gravel road
  Cmaj7                    G
I traded my stock for a V8 Ford
D                    C            G
Danced for time down on the floor boards
        Cmaj7                G
And the title rolled down to me boys
D                   G
That gasoline ain't free boys
         Cmaj7                 G
And this clutch wearin' out my knee boy
D                     G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is


Break:
G      C      G
   Cmaj7      G
D      C      G
   Cmaj7      G
D             G
C             G
D             G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7


Verse 3:
G                          C        G
Well i met me a woman down in Saint Paul
    Cmaj7                 G
Even met her mother and I met her Pa'
D                       C       G
Her Brother told me he'd bust my jaw
     Cmaj7                G
If I talked to his sister again boy
D                  G
Told me I couldn't win boy
        Cmaj7                 G
There's blood running down my chin now
D                     G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is


Verse 4:
       G                      C        G
Well I slept all night on the bar room floor
Cmaj7                   G
Woke up this morning my head was sore
D                   C         G
Pockets empty but I want some more
    Cmaj7            G
The bar man's got my car boy
D                   G
Tab's worth more by far boys
Cmaj7                       G
And I leave her down at the bar now
D                     G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is


Break:
G      C      G
   Cmaj7      G
D      C      G
   Cmaj7      G
D             G
C             G
D             G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7


Verse 5:
G                               C        G
Well I hitched me a ride on the way back home
  Cmaj7             G
I got me a job on a family farm
D                       C       G
Times are hard here but I can't roam
  Cmaj7             G
I ain't got nothing more boys
  D                G
I owe that company store boy
Cmaj7                   G
Gold's looking good for sure boy
D                     G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is


Verse 6:
       G                          C      G
Well I worked all summer couldn't save a cent
       Cmaj7               G
I gave all my money to the government
D                  C          G
I don't know quite how it got spent
       Cmaj7               G
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
D                     G
Man at the mill can't see boy
Cmaj7                  G
Let me get my feed for free boys
D                     G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7
Ain't that the way it is