F5 C5 F5 C5 I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade F5 C5 F5 C5 Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days F5 C5 F5 C5 Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways F5 C5 F5 C5 Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways F5 C5 Call it one drink too many A5 C5 Call it pride of a man F5 C5 A5 C5 But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand F5 C5 'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin F5 C5 Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin F5 C5 A5 C5 We do it over and over and over again F5 C5 A5 C5 We do it over and over and over again F5 A5 Oh -oh C5 C5 Oh -oh F5 A5 C5 C5 Oh -oh -oh -oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh F5 A5 I know there's California, Oklahoma C5 C5 And all of the places I ain't ever been to but F5 Down in the valley with A5 Whiskey rivers C5 C5 These are the places you will find me hidin' F5 A5 These are the places I will always go C5 C5 These are the places I will always go F5 I am on my way A5 I am on my way C5 C5 I am on my way back to where I started F5 A5 C5 C5 Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh (Continue in background) One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls I hear your name... I saw your face in the crowd and you came out You saw me walkin'... You got a sign on the door and it reads to me Just like the grass and the sun and the... Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh F5 A5 I am on my way C5 C5 I am on my way I am on my way back to where I started California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to but Down in the valley with Whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' F5 A5 These are the places I will always go F5 C5 These are the places I will always go So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways