Guitar
| Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab || Db | Db | Db | Db |
Riff
| Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab || Db | Db | Db | Db |
Verse
AbThree leagues down the soft side of where you left myAbGold rose crown, you broke down, and left me with aDb Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollarsDb Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollarsAbmaj7Three weeks down, I drowned myself in whiskeyAbCame back round, and drowned out, and left me with aDbmaj7 Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollarsDbmaj7 Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
Refrain
| Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 |Hoo| Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |Hoo
Riff
| Ab | Ab | Ab | Ab || Db | Db | Db | Db |
Verse
AbStreetlights talk the same way my mother told meAb I walk the same way my father told meDb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldierDb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldierAbWise men talk the same way my mother told meAb I walk the same way my father told meDb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldierDb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier
Refrain
| Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 |Hoo| Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |Hoo
Refrain
| Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 |Hoo| Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |Hoo
Bridge [x3]
| Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 | Abmaj7 |You go down south, south... You go down south, south... | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 | Dbmaj7 |You go down south, south... You go down south, south...
Hook
Abmaj7Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me(You go down south, south)Abmaj7I walk the same way my father told me(You go down south, south)Dbmaj7Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier(You go down south, south)Dbmaj7Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier(You go down south, south)Abmaj7Wise men talk the same way my mother told me(You go down south, south)Abmaj7I walk the same way my father told me(You go down south, south)Dbmaj7Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier(You go down south, south)Dbmaj7Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier(You go down south, south)
Ending
Abmaj7
