It Works For Me - Toby Keith
Album: Unleashed
Writers: Scotty Emerick/Toby Keith

**CAPO 2**

In the brackets ie(D-A-Bm) are little walkdowns in between lines,
one quick strum on each chord then go into next line.

Intro: D  D9  D  (x2)

D (xx0232@1)                         D9                 DNever (xx0232@1)owned a brand new car never worked in a white collar
     BmNever (x24432@1)held a woman longer than I held one single dollar
     EmNever (022000@1)went out chasin' rainbows cause there can't be that much to it
    A (x02220@1)           Asus4 (x02230@1)           AEven (x02220@1)if I found my pot of gold I'd probably piss right through it
          D (xx0232@1)        D9               D (xx0232@1)           (D-A-Bm)
I can't remember ever wanting for one second of my life
    Bm (x24432@1)                                         (Bm-A-G)
Even if I did it cost too much to ever pay the price
        G (320003@1)                                               (G-D/F#-Em)
I don't dance out on the dark side ain't no secrets I can tell
  Em (022000@1)                               Asus4 (x02230@1)                     DSo (xx0232@1)you don't have to say a prayer for me, I just said one for myself

Chorus:
              G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)      DI'm (xx0232@1)livin' my li--fe under my terms
                G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)         BmI'm (x24432@1)callin' the shots as far as I can see
        G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)  D/F# (200232@1) GI (320003@1)don't owe nobody nothin' I don't answer to a soul
D/F# (200232@1)     Em (022000@1)          A (x02220@1)        DMight (xx0232@1)not work for you,     but it works for me

D  D9  D (x2)

D (xx0232@1)                                   D9             DI've (xx0232@1)been bent and bruised and broken and flat busted once or twice
          BmI (x24432@1)brought most of it upon myself but I never compromised
   EmMy (022000@1)pride's too hard to swallow so I've chewed a lot of it
     A (x02220@1)              Asus4 (x02230@1)            AMild (x02220@1)mannered and soft hearted and hard headed as you get
  D (xx0232@1)             D9                D (xx0232@1)               (D-A-Bm)
I live out on the backroads where I walk my country mile
           Bm (x24432@1)                                     (Bm-A-G)
And if it's so good in the city why don't anybody smile
     G (320003@1)                                                (G-D/F#-Em)
The traffic's always heavy and the air ain't fit to breathe
 Em (022000@1)                                 Asus4 (x02230@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)ain't saying that it's wrong for you it just don't make sense to me

REPEAT CHORUS



Chords:
A (x02220@1) =   x02220
Asus4=   x02230
Bm  =   x24432(bar chord) or xx4432
D (xx0232@1) =   xx0232
D9  =   xx0230
D/F#=   200232 (hold down bottom string with thumb)
Em  =   022000
G (320003@1) =   320003