The Good Life
Corey Smith

Verse 1:
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)          GSittin (320003@1)alone in my three bedroom home,
   D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)       Ga (320003@1)mile east of where I was raised.
D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)Stairin' out the window at my dog in the backyard,
    D- (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)     A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)      Gin (320003@1)the pinestraw covered with clay.
D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)Damn he's a mess, but we love him to death,
 G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Gguess (320003@1)he fits in this family well.
               D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)           GYeah (320003@1)we're a blood line of sheperds used to roam in the pastures,
    D- (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)            A (x02220@1)     Dtryin' (xx0232@1)to cope with this suburban hell.

Chorus:
         D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)      GAww, (320003@1)it sure is a good life we're livin',
         D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)      GYeah (320003@1)I reckon we're happy enough.
            D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)       GWe've (320003@1)done well with the hands we were givin',
         D- (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)      A (x02220@1)          Dwith (xx0232@1)a little hope and a whole lotta' love.

Verse 2:
     D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)         GDad (320003@1)just finished buildin', it must've cost him a killin',
       D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)     Gthat (320003@1)house out on Rambeler's Inn.
             D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)               GHe (320003@1)sent my brother off to college, walkin' through the arches,
 D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)      GMan (320003@1)we're all sure proud of him.
         D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)           GBut (320003@1)he never tried to spoil us kept our hands in the sawdust,
          D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Gyeah (320003@1)we chipped in whenever we could.
      D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)           GWe (320003@1)shared in the sweat and the blood and the tears,
       D- (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)       A (x02220@1)         DI (xx0232@1)guess he knew it would do us some good.

(Chorus)plus:
         D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)      GLord (320003@1)we don't have our fist full of dollars,
          D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)   
and we're no southern aristocrats.
         D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)  
Naw, we aint got a lot but we've earned what we got,
                 G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)          
and we couldn't do it much better than that.

(Solo)Play verse chords over lead.

Verse 3:
    D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)         GMy (320003@1)wife quit her job now she's workin' full time,
         D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      Gtakin' (320003@1)care of the baby and me.
          D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)         GAnd (320003@1)I'm playin' in the bars tryin' to pay off the debts,
           D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      GLord (320003@1)this half-acre didn't come cheap.
        D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GAnd (320003@1)I come draggin' in three and four in the mornin',
D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)      Gsmellin' (320003@1)like tobacco and rum.
            D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)        GStill (320003@1)she wakes up to greet me cause she loves me completley,
       D- (xx0232@1)Dsus4 (xx0233@1)       A (x02220@1)         DSays (xx0232@1)she's proud of the star I've become.

(Chorus)plus:
          D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)        GLord (320003@1)we don't have our fist full of dollars,
          D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)        Gand (320003@1)we're no southern aristocrats.
          D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)          GNaw, (320003@1)we aint got a lot but we've earned what we got,
                 G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)        
and we couldn't do it much better than that.
       D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)        GAnd (320003@1)I hope ole' Saint Peter will have me,
            D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)        Gwhen (320003@1)they throw my cauffin in the back.
            D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)                GWhen (320003@1)that herse rolls away I hope all ya'll will say,
            G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)he couldn't do it much better than that,
            G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)He couldn't do it much better than that,
            G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)He couldn't do it much better than that.

"I saw him play this live, so it's correct."