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C = x32010
Cadd9= x32030
C7M = x32000 (OR Cmaj7)
F7Madd13 - x03230 OR (Fmaj7add13)
F7M = x03210 OR (Fmaj7)
F7M/5- = x03200 OR (Fmaj7no5)
Intro - Cadd9 - C - C7M - C = 2x's
(verse 1)
DOadd9 DO DO7M DO
There's a story that my daddy tells religiously,
DOadd9 DO DO7M DO
Like clockwork everytime he see's an opening,
FA7Madd13 - FA7M - FA7M/
In a conversation,
DOadd9 - DO - DO7M - DO
Bout the way things use to be
(verse 2)
DOadd9 DO DO7M DO
I just roll my eyes and make a B-line for the door,
DOadd9 DO DO7M DO
I'd always end up stary eyes and cross legged on the floor,
FA7Madd13 - FA7M - FA7M/
Hangin onto every word,
DOadd9 - DO - DO7M - DO
man the things I heard,
(pre-cho)
SOL
It was harder times and longer days,
FA
Five miles to school uphill both ways,
SOL
We were cane swtiched raised and dirt floor poor,
FA
Course that was back before the war,
SOL
Yea your uncle and I made quit a pair,
FA
Flyin F-15's through hostile air,
DO SOL FA
He went down but they missed me by a hair,
He'd always stop right there and say,
(chorus)
DO
That's something to be proud of,
FA
That's a life you can hang your hat on,
DO
as your chins held high as the tears fall down,
SOL
gut sucked in, chest stuck out,
DO
Like a small town flag a flyin,
FA
Or a new born baby cryin,
DO SOL
In the arms of the woman that you love,
DO - FA
That's something to be proud of,
(verse 3)
Son graduatin college, that was momma's dream,
And I was on my way to anywhere else when I turned Eighteen,
that's when I got a fast car, and think you got everything,
(verse 4)
I learned real quick those GTO's don't run off faith,
I ended up broke down in some town north of L.A.
Working maximum hours, for minimum wage,
(pre-cho)
SOL
I fell in love next thing I know,
FA
Babies came and the car got sold,
SOL
Sure do miss that old Hot Rod,
FA
But you sure save gas in them foriegn jobs,
SOL
Dad I wonder if I ever let you down,
FA
If you're ashamed how I turned out,
DO SOL FA
Well he lowered his voice, then he raised his brow,
Said let me tell you right now,
(chorus)
DO
That's something to be proud of,
FA
That's a life you can hang your hat on,
DO SOL
No need to make a million just be thankful to be workin,
DO
If you're doin what you're able,
FA
Puttin food there on the table,
DO SOL
And providing for the family that you love,
FA
That's something to be proud of,
(bridge)
FA
And before you ever really do is the best you can,
SOL
Well you did it man,
(chorus)
DO
That's something to be proud of,
FA
That's a life you can hang your hat on,
DO
as your chins held high as the tears fall down,
SOL
gut sucked in, chest stuck out,
DO
Like a small town flag a flyin,
FA
Or a new born baby cryin,
DO SOL
In the arms of the woman that you love,
DO - FA
That's something to be proud of,
FA
That's something to be proud of,
DO
That's something to be proud of,
SOL
That's something to be proud of,
DOadd9 - DO - DO7M - DO - FA7Madd13 - FA7M - FA7M/
Now that's something to be proud of,
Outro - Cadd9 - C - C7M - C - F7Madd13 - F7M - F7M/5 - F7M - F7M
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