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