C G D You want to grow up to paint houses like me, a trailer in C G my yard till you're 23 C G D You want to be old after 42 years, keep dropping the hammer C G and grinding the gears D C G D C Well, I used to go out in a Mustang, a 302 Mach One in G green D C G D Me and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy C G her a ring C G C And I learned not to say much of nothing and I figured you G already know C Em D but in case you don?t or maybe forgot, I?ll lay it out real C nice and slow C G C Don?t call what your wearing an outfit. Don?t ever say your G car is broke C Em D Don?t worry about losing your accent, a Southern Man tells C better jokes C G C Have fun but stay clear of the needle. Call home on your G sister?s birthday C Em Don?t tell them you?re bigger than Jesus, don?t give it Am G Em away D C G D C G Six months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park. D C G D C G Then hospital maintenance and Tech School, just to memorize Frigidaire parts. C G C G But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too. C Em D C So I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that?s what I?ll always do C G C G So don?t try to change who you are boy, and don?t try to be who you ain?t. C Em D C And don?t let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man?s paint. C G C G Don?t call what your wearing an outfit. Don?t ever say your car is broke. C Em D D G Don?t sing with a fake British accent. Don?t act like your family?s a joke. C G C G Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister?s birthday. G Em Am G Em Don?t tell them you?re bigger than Jesus, Don?t give it away. Em Am G Em Don?t give it away.
