Lifetime To Prove
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WRITTEN BY:Chuck Mead
TRANSCRIBED BY: JEFF GARY
F
MY POCKETS ARE EMPTY THOUGH MY WIFE HAS SENT ME
Bb
TO THE STORE FOR SOME CIGARETTES AND BREAD
F
I STARTED WALKIN' THERE GOT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE
C
THEN THE SMELL OF BEER WENT TO MY HEAD
F
THE THING ABOUT BEER, IT CAN MAKE A MAN HEAR
Bb
VOICES FROM DAYS LONG SINCE PAST
F C
AND WITH EVERY THIRD DRINK IT'LL MAKE YOU THINK
Bb C
THAT YOUR YOUTH WILL ALWAYS LAST
[Refrão] Bb
NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU MOVE
F C
IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO PROVE TO YOURSELF
Dm
I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE
Bb F C F
I GOT ONE FOOT IN THE DOOR, I JUST WANT ONE MORE
I THOUGHT OF A TIME WHEN MY FUTURE WAS MINE
IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID
I WAS HANDSOME AND STRONG AND WHEN I WALKED ALONG
I STOOD ERECT AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD
BUT THEN I LOST MY FIGHT, "GOING TO" TURNED TO "MIGHT"
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I LOST MY WILL
AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE, MY LIFE FULL OF BEER
AND I TRY TO PRETEND IT'S NOT REAL
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SOLO (CHORD CHANGE TO G F=G Bb=C C=D)
THESE DAYS I BARELY SURVIVE ON LOT NUMBER FIVE
IN THE MOBILE ACRES ON THE EASTSIDE OF TOWN
I SWORE THIS KIND OF LIFE I'D NEVER LEAD
I GUESS I LET TOO MANY THINGS GET ME DOWN
IF MY PAPPY COULD SEE WHAT THEY DONE TO ME
I SWEAR HE'D MARCH DOWN THERE AND MAKE IT ALL RIGHT
BUT HE'S LONG SINCE GONE AND I'M OLD ENOUGH NOW
I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGHT MY OWN FIGHT
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TAG: LAST LINE OF CHORUS
1985 Bobbex Music, Five Towers, Music
a Division of Castle Publishing, Inc. (BMI)
BR5-49
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-Jeff Gary-
jwgary@mail.utexas.edu
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jwgary
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