C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)               DYou (xx0232@1)want to grow up to paint houses like me, a trailer in 
            C (x32010@1)      Gmy (320003@1)yard till you're 23 
   C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)            DYou (xx0232@1)want to be old after 42 years, keep dropping the hammer 
   C (x32010@1)          Gand (320003@1)grinding the gears

D (xx0232@1)                 C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)             CWell, (x32010@1)I used to go out in a Mustang, a 302 Mach One in 
    Ggreen (320003@1)
D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)        DMe (xx0232@1)and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy 
     C (x32010@1)  Gher (320003@1)a ring 
     C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)I learned not to say much of nothing and I figured you 
       Galready (320003@1)know 
      C (x32010@1)               Em (022000@1)                Dbut (xx0232@1)in case you don't or maybe forgot, I'll lay it out real 
        Cnice (x32010@1)and slow

C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)           CDon't (x32010@1)call what your wearing an outfit. Don't ever say your 
      Gcar (320003@1)is broke 
     C (x32010@1)                     Em (022000@1)       DDon't (xx0232@1)worry about losing your accent, a Southern Man tells 
      C (x32010@1)   
better jokes 
    C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)          CHave (x32010@1)fun but stay clear of the needle. Call home on your 
        Gsister's (320003@1)birthday 
     C (x32010@1)                          EmDon't (022000@1)tell them you're bigger than Jesus, don't give it 
    AmG Em (022000@1)away
 D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)  GSix (320003@1)months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park. 
 D (xx0232@1)                               C (x32010@1)  G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)     GThen (320003@1)hospital maintenance and Tech School, just to memorize Frigidaire parts.
 C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)  
But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too. 
 C (x32010@1)                           Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)                     CSo (x32010@1)I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that's what I'll always do 
 C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)                     GSo (320003@1)don't try to change who you are boy, and don't try to be who you ain't. 
 C (x32010@1)                           Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)                          CAnd (x32010@1)don't let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man's paint. 
 C (x32010@1)                           G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)                       GDon't (320003@1)call what your wearing an outfit. Don't ever say your car is broke. 
 C (x32010@1)                           Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)                       D (xx0232@1)     GDon't (320003@1)sing with a fake British accent. Don't act like your family's a joke. 
 C (x32010@1)                            G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)                     GHave (320003@1)fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister's birthday.
 G (320003@1)                              Em (022000@1)                      AmG EmDon't (022000@1)tell them you're bigger than Jesus, Don't give it away. 
 Em (022000@1)              AmG Em (022000@1)  
Don't give it away.