American Aquarium - Tough folks

^CI'm caught in the ^Gshadows, the ^F7American ^GSouth Somewhere ^Cbetween ^Ghypocrite and halle^F7luj^Gah ^CSix gene^Grations of barely ^F7gettin' ^Gby Six ^Cgenerations of ^Ghey, what's it ^F7to ^Gya? ^CWhen the only thing ^Gharder than the ^F7work is the ^Gluck The ^Coutcome's as ^Ghopeful as the ^F7evenin' ^Gnews ^CAnd last No^Gvember I ^F7saw first^Ghand What despe^Cration ^Gmakes ^F7good people ^Gdo

^F7Life ain't ^Gfair ^CSaddle up, boy, and see ^Git ^F7through Tough times don't ^Glast Tough folks ^Cdo^{G F7 G}

See I ^Ccome from a ^Glong line of ^F7Carolina ^Gfarmers For ^Cyears, to^Gbacco was the ^F7ans^Gwer It ^Ckept the lights ^Gon and put ^F7food on the ^Gtable 'Til the ^Cdoctors ^Gstarted callin' it ^F7can^Gcer So we ^Ctook to the ^Ghills of the ^F7Blue Ridge ^GMountains With a ^Charvest of ^Gcorn and some ^F7copper ^Gline And we ^Cfound you can ^Gget a little ^F7slice of ^Gheaven With some ^Csugar yeast ^Gwater and a ^F7whole lotta ^Gtime

^F7Life ain't ^Gfair ^CSaddle up, boy, and see ^Git ^F7through Tough times don't ^Glast Tough folks ^Cdo^{G F7 G}

^AmWhere I'm from a ^Gman's only ^F7worth the weight of his ^Cword and ^AmRespect ain't ^Ghanded out, it's ^Cearned ^AmI've been runnin' ^Gwith my back to the ^F7wall for seventeen ^Cyears now ^EmAnd if it's one ^F7thing that I've ^Glearned, it's ...

^F7Life ain't ^Gfair ^CSaddle up, boy, and see ^Git ^F7through Tough times don't ^Glast Tough folks ^Cdo^{G F7 G}