Published: 2023-12-20 16:12 Selection chords: Ethan Cooper
Tonality
Intro: AmCGDm x2
Verse:
AmCGDm
Simple as my mama said when I was very young
AmCGDm
She told me, "Not to worry, son, one day, youʼll be someone"
AmCGDm
But here I Am at twenty one as loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
AmCGDm
Iʼm sorry, Mama, please donʼt look at me
AmC
When I got to Oklahoma, I was seventeen
GDm
My papa taught me how to work, and Lord, he was mean
AmC
Workinʼ all day in that August heat
GDm
And he taught me how to fish, my uncle taught me how to drink
AmC
Well, I went to California and I had me a band
GDm
And we played in all the bars in all the southern lands
AmC
We played all night and we drank for free
GDm
All of my boys and me
Chorus:
AmC
Now Iʼm twenty three
GDm
And thеre ainʼt nobody who can drink like me
AmC
Soon, Iʼll bе twenty four
GDm
And the Lord knows that I canʼt drink no more
AmC
I know I shoulda taken it slow
GDmAmC
Itʼs not the way that my life goes
GDm
Now I know
AmCG
When youʼre passed out on the floor
DmAm
Youʼre sober by twenty four
AmCGDm
Verse:
AmC
Well, I had a girl who loved me the whole damn time
GDm
And Iʼd drink my whiskey and sheʼd drink wine
AmCGDm
But soon, my bottle was too much to company
AmC
Yeah, weʼd sit on the river and weʼd fish all day
GDm
And weʼd drive across the country, let the radio play
AmCGDm
Seven damn years, I never thought sheʼd leave
Chorus:
AmC
Now Iʼm twenty three
GDm
And thеre ainʼt nobody who can drink like me
AmC
Soon, Iʼll bе twenty four
GDm
And the Lord knows that I canʼt drink no more
AmC
I know I shoulda taken it slow
GDmAmC
Itʼs not the way that my life goes
GDm
Now I know
AmCG
When youʼre passed out on the floor
DmAm
Youʼre sober by twenty four
Outro:
AmCGDm
Simple as my mama said when I was very young
AmCGDm
She told me, "Not to worry, son, one day, youʼll be someone"
AmCGDm
But here I Am at twenty one as loaded as a stagecoach shotgun
AmCGDm
Iʼm sorry, Mama, please donʼt look at me
