Michael Childress - The Ballad Of Goldie Locks
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: BbCapotraste:
3rd traste
[Verse 1]
D C
Goldie locks was just eighteen when she left calvin high
G C D
Packed her bags and moved to the city to chase that beauty school life
D C
Didn't take her long to see that school wasn't for her
G C D
So she moved back to Gerty Oklahoma and got back to work
[Bridge 1]
Em G
Goldie locks and her family were some logging sons of guns
D C
They could Load em up, and haul out faster than anyone
Em G
Ole goldie would climb them trees, run a saw till her arms fell off
D C G D
When it came time to load the truck, bet you can guess who they'd call
[Verse 2]
D C
Goldie locks got tired of workin for her dad,
G C D
wanted to make her own way, earn some more pay,show the world what she had
D C
She moved down to texas, started running heavy machines,
G C D
Didn't take them long to know she was the best damned hand they'd seen
[Bridge 1]
Em G
Not long after she started, her life turned upside down,
D C
Went to the doctor for a checkup, learned her belly was gonna get round
Em G
Probably should have stayed home but she went to work instead,
D C G D
Till eight months later on the ride of way, she got bit by a copper head.
[Chorus]
G D
Workin hard ain't easy and workin soft won't do
C C
Can't count on a favor from anyone, to help get you through
G D
Gotta buckle down and move forward in this wild and crazy life
C Em
Keep your shoulders back and your chin high,
G C D
Work, pay taxes and Die
[Verse 3]
D C
That baby was a fighter and he made it out okay
G C D
Now Goldie had two mouths to feed on a single mothers wage
D C
She started swinging hammers in the heat and raised that boy up right.
G C D
Taught him how to be a man, and how to treat a woman right
[Bridge 1]
Em G
The funny thing about goldie, you may not have figured out
D C
She was beauty pageant pretty, and she knew how to work a crowd
Em G
She bought that boy a guitar, and taught him how to sing,
D C G D
And to this day the hardest job she had was raising me
[Chorus]
G D
Workin hard ain't easy and workin soft won't do
C C
Can't count on a favor from anyone, to help get you through
G D
Gotta buckle down and move forward in this wild and crazy life
C Em
Keep your shoulders back and your chin high,
G C D
Work, pay taxes and Die
[Chorus]
G D
Workin hard ain't easy and workin soft won't do
C C
If Goldie locks got through, hell I'm sure that you can too
G D
Gotta buckle down and move forward in this wild and crazy life
C Em
Keep your shoulders back and your chin high,
G C D
Work, pay taxes and Die
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How to play Michael Childress - The Ballad Of Goldie Locks
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