Tuning: E A D G B E

He ^D5was not the kind of ^Csus2man That would ^G/Bwalk you to school hand in ^D5hand He was ^D5hard work leathered and ^Csus2tan And he ^G/Bspoke with a throat full of ^D5sand

[Pre Chorus]

^EmMe I'd hang ^Gon every ^Aword ^EmYou never know ^Bmwhat you might ^Alearn

[Chorus]

Son, ^Gdon't let your ^Chorseshoes point ^Ddown ^GNever put a ^Fblade in the ^Dground G C Bm B5 B7no3/A Always look a man right square in the eye Don't ^Glet the good ^Alife pass you ^Dby

[Intermediate] |Dno5add4add4 | |D5 | [Verse 2]

Any ^D5little problem of ^Csus2mine He'd ^G/Bspit and say boy you'll be ^D5fine He k^D5new that there'd come a ^Csus2time When ^G/BI'd find real mountains to c^Dlimb

[Pre Chorus]

^EmLife can be ^Gcruel to us ^Aall ^EmSooner or ^Bmlater we ^Afall

[Chorus]

Son, ^Gdon't let your ^Chorseshoes point ^Ddown ^GNever put a ^Fblade in the ^Dground G C Bm B5 B7no3/A Always look a man right square in the eye Don't ^Glet the good ^Alife pass you ^Dby

Only ^D5ever once saw him ^Csus2cry The ^G/Bday that his own mother ^D5died Just one ^D5tear in the corner of his ^Csus2eye Then he ^G/Bsmiled and said, softly, ^Dgoodbye

[Pre Chorus]

Me ^EmI've got ^Gtwo of my ^Aown And a ^Emlove that is ^Bmsolid as ^Astone Like a ^Astone

[Chorus]

Son, ^Gdon't let your ^Chorseshoes point ^Ddown ^GNever put a ^Fblade in the ^Dground G C Bm B5 B7no3/A Always look a man right square in the eye Don't ^Glet the good ^Alife pass you ^Dby

[Outro] |Dno5add4add4 | |D | |Dno5add4add4 | |D chords used: D5 xx023x Csus2 x3003x G/B x2003x B5 x244xx B7no3/A x044xx Dno5add4add4 x54030 Dsus4 xx0230 Dm9no5 xx0560 G6/D xx0453 Gsus4 xx5533 Gm/D xx0333 A7 x02020 A7sus4add6 x04030 A7no3 x05050 A7add6no3 x07070 A7sus2 x09080 A7sus2add7 x09090 A7 x0110100

Blackberry Smoke - The good life