Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe



Intro: E - A - D - A- x4


Verse 1:
      E        A           D     A
I'm a poor boy born in the rubble
E           A                D   A
Some say my manners aint the best
    E                      A
and some of my friends are in 
         D      A
a little bit of trouble
    E            A
And some say i'm no 
                D   A
better than the rest


Chorus 1:
But tell your 
B                  C
momma and your papa
B           B(hold)
  Sometimes good guys 
          E - A - D - A- x2
dont wear white


Verse 2:
     E  A       D   A
Everyday I work hard
   E        A 
At Night I spend 
  D        A
a restless time
          E        A
But those rich kids and
         D         A
all that lazy money
      E      A         D   A
can't hold a candle to mine


(Repeat chorus 1)


Bridge:
G
Good guys bad guys
C
Which is which?
    G
The white collar worker
       C
Or the digger of the ditch?
    G
and who's to say who's 
    C
the better man?
          B
when I've always done
the best I can
       E - A - D - A- x2
best I can


Verse 3:
    E        A         D         A  
The bald head with the dirty mind
         E         A
ah those messed up chicks
       D             A
of the changing times
E          A    D          A
White Girls and easy living
E            A    D
Can't replace the love 
          A
that I've given


Chorus 2:
But tell your 
B                  C
momma and your papa
B           B(hold)
  Sometimes good guys 
          E - A
dont wear white
D      A          E    A
  they don't wear white
D      A          E    A
  they don't wear white
D      A          E    A
  they don't wear white
D      A          A(hold)
  they don't wear white