A   D   A   D

[Verse 1]
           A
Throw me a life line
           D
Is anybody home.
           E
Seems like yesterday ‘ay I was just standing on the corner,
D
waiting for the old bon ton

[Verse 2]
               A
It never was a real job
                     D
Never worked all the time.
       E                                              D
But it paid for a this and a that, bought the baby perfume,
D
and it kept us alive

[Break 1]
    E
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to turn the
F#m
time back around and the
G                           D
tanka tanka accordion

[Chorus]
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong
                A            D
I wanna keep it simple
                A            D
I wanna keep it strong
                  A
I need to help my brothers
D                   G    A  D
And help the family rise above
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong

[Verse 3]
                   A
I miss the kind of trouble
                      D
That never lasted too long.
    E
The kind where you could clear your mind with a couple of
D
drinks and a traveling song

[Verse 4]
                      A
I never had a bowl of cherries no,no
               D
Now that ain’t news.
        E
But I’d give anything to get back to that dirty old
D
room full of mingingy blues

[Break 2]
            E
I think I’d rather have the wind and the
F#m
rain and the president’s
G                           D
plane and a big bass drum

[Chorus]
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong
                A            D
I wanna keep it simple
                A            D
I wanna keep it strong
                  A
I need to help my brothers
D                   G    A  D
And help the family rise above
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong

[Break 2]
            E
I think I’d rather have the wind and the
F#m
rain and the president’s
G                           D
plane and a big bass drum

[Chorus]
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong
                A            D
I wanna keep it simple
                A            D
I wanna keep it strong
                  A
I need to help my brothers
D                   G    A  D
And help the family rise above
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong

[Outro]
           A        D
I wanna do right
                   A         D
I don’t want to do wrong