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Mike Cooley / Drive-By Truckers (chords submitted by jstirk@tampabay.rr.com) E o221oo G 32oo33 A xo22oo These variations of the chords, D xxo23o seem to sound the best ... have FUN! B x244xx E A G E

^EWe^Gll before I could walk, I had a wrench in my hand ^AI was my Mama's little angel and my Daddy's second chance

^GHe went end over end the first year he went pro ^EAn^Ad ^Ghe^E lost part of his eyesight and he couldn't race no more

^EBu^Gt he never lost his touch when he got under a hood ^AHe knew how to make them run and he knew one day he would

^GSee his name in victory lane and engraved on that cup ^EJu^Ast^G l^Eike all them other crazy fools with racing in their blood

^DHe would put me on his lap when he'd drive and I'd take the wheel ^AHe^A'd^G s^Eay "What do you think about that son? How does she feel?

^EYo^Gu just wait till them little legs get long enough to reach the gas ^AOn^Ace^G y^Eou^A p^Gut^E her on the floor one time there ain't no turning back"

^EEv^Gery Saturday, he'd take me out to the garage ^AHe'd take an empty bucket and fill it full of engine parts

^GHe's sit me down and pour em out in front of me on the floor ^EI'^Ad ^Gha^Eve to tell him what each one was and what each one was for

^EWe^G'd jump in his old car and go down to the race that night ^AHe'd tell me what each driver was doing wrong and what each one did right

^GHe could always pick the winner before they ever took a curve ^E#3^A m^Gig^Eht have the car but 43 has got the nerve

^DBut before I turned 18 Daddy said "Now pretty soon ^AYo^Au'^Gll^E be old enough to race but I'm gonna leave it up to you

^EI ^Gtaught you all about it, taught you everything I know ^AYo^Au ^Ggo^Ett^Aa ^Gha^Eve a car to do it and you gotta work and buy your own"

A A G E

^A(walk do^Bwn) ^G ^E ^A ^G ^E ^ETh^Ge first one I bought was a Mustang #2

^ANobody kept'em any longer than they kept a pair of shoes ^GThey started showing up at every used car lot in town

^EA ^AV-^G8 ^Eon a go-cart, easy terms, no money down

^EMe^G and Daddy and my uncle took her home and we tore her down ^AChecked her out real good, cleaned her up and bored her out

^GTook out all the seats, pulled the carpet off the floor ^EKn^Aoc^Gke^Ed out all the glass and welded up the doors

^DWell the first time that I raced my qualifying was a shame ^AI ^Ast^Gar^Eted out way in the back and came back about the same

^EI ^Gpulled her in the pit, couldn't look my Daddy in the eye ^AHe^A s^Gai^Ed "If you quit now son, it's gonna haunt you all your life"

^ESe^Ge it ain't about the money or even being #1 ^AYou gotta know when it's all over you did the best you could've done

^GAnd knowing that it's in you and you never let it out ^EIs^A w^Gor^Ese than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have

^ESi^Gnce then I've wrecked a bunch of cars and I've broke a bunch of bones ^AIt's anybody's race out there and I've learned to run my own

^GI'd shove em in the wall and I'd hit em from behind ^EI'^Ad ^Gle^Et them know that I was there, I'd let them know that track was mine

^DIt's been several years now since my Daddy passed away ^ABu^At ^Ghi^Es picture's on my dash every time I go to race

^EI ^Glost more than I won but I ain't gonna give up ^ATi^All^G t^Ehey put me in the ground or Daddy's name's on that cup A A G E ^A(walk do^Bwn) ^G ^E ^A ^G ^E

Drive-By Truckers - Daddys cup