I noticed no-one has put up this song yet so I went ahead and put it up
Enjoy. - Camper Ethan

Capo 2nd

INTRO:  BM  D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)BM
Took my first breath where the muddy Brazos

Dspills (xx0232@1)into the gulf of Mexico

Awhere (x02220@1)the skylines covered my chemical plants

Gthat (320003@1)put bread on the table of a workin man

BM
well the workin man does his best to provide

Dsafety (xx0232@1)and shelter for kids and a wife

Agiven (x02220@1)a little of his soul everyday

G (strum once and let ring)
makin overtime to keep the wolves away

*after "away" he plays

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BM  D  A  G (instrumental chorus with whistling)

BM
Well I was barely thirteen when the company man

DTried (xx0232@1)to dig my daddy's grave
      
 AIt (x02220@1)happened on a French owned tanker ship

GSpillin' (320003@1)poison into Galveston Bay

BM
The liquid fire filled his lungs and his eyes

DSilenced, (xx0232@1)any moans or cries
     
 ACold (x02220@1)and the Grit, the damn stinkin pain

G (strum once and let ring)
but he fought like hell to keep the wolves away.

*insrtumental chorus same as before

For the next few years dad was sick as a dog
but he made a recovery just to spite the odds.
Settlement came and we moved out of town
where the sky isn't heavy with refinery clouds.
Yeah he's still alive he's doing good he's in his fifties
but the money's runnin out and he's pinchin pennies
so I'm going for broke with every song I play,
cause now it's my turn to keep the wolves away.