GIt (320003@1)says here you're from Houston
      D/F#You're (200232@1)certified to drive a truck 
           Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)                 CIt (x32010@1)doesn't say what you been doin' the last five years
       GThen (320003@1)I watched his eyes keep readin', 
       D/F#then (200232@1)I watched his eyes look up
    Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)         CAnd (x32010@1)watched another job I needed disappear 
      
 C'Cause (x32010@1)when they get to the line
              GHave (320003@1)you been convicted of a crime? 
         C (x32010@1)               G/BThey (143121@7)say Thanks for comin' in, 
                        Am (x02210@1) G/B (143121@7)
an' they don't call you back 
        C (x32010@1)              G/B (143121@7)         AmI (x02210@1)ain't askin' for every job under the sun 
            D (xx0232@1)        GI (320003@1)just want one second chance 


   G (320003@1)                 D/F#On (200232@1)August 22nd, little Jacob's turnin' five, 
        Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)          CBut (x32010@1)his Momma moved him half a state away  
GI (320003@1)left another message 
       D/F#on (200232@1)her phone at home last night 
        Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)         CAnd (x32010@1)she finally had her lawyer call today 

    C (x32010@1)                     GShe (320003@1)knows I can't afford to take this thing to court 
        C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7)         Am (x02210@1)  G/BAnd (143121@7)I'm tryin' hard to make her understand 
        C (x32010@1)              G/B (143121@7)      AmI (x02210@1)ain't askin' for every weekend of every month 
            D (xx0232@1)        GI (320003@1)just want one second chance 


      CI (x32010@1)was young and I was stupid
  GI (320003@1)regret it every day. 
        C (x32010@1)             G/BI (143121@7)ain't sayin' I didn't do it 
         Am (x02210@1)           Dbut (xx0232@1)I've paid for my mistakes 
       CIt's (x32010@1)a lost and empty feelin' 
          G (320003@1)        D/F#Em
when they don't want you around 
        CYeah, (x32010@1)I finally got my freedom 
    Dbut (xx0232@1)what good is it now? 

C G Am G/B C


        G (320003@1)      
There's some days when it feels like 
D/F#
it's been a hundred years 
    Em (022000@1)                D (xx0232@1)        CSometimes (x32010@1)it feels like only yesterday 
        GWe (320003@1)were paintin' Jacob's nursery
         D/F#Countin' (200232@1)days till he was here 
     Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)           CNext (x32010@1)thing I knew, I'd thrown it all away 

      CNow (x32010@1)I know I can't go back 
       Gto (320003@1)the life I used to have 
       C (x32010@1)            G/B (143121@7)             Am (x02210@1)  G/BWhen (143121@7)I still held the whole world in my hands 
        C (x32010@1)          G/B (143121@7)         AmI (x02210@1)had a job, I had a wife, I had a son 
                DNow (xx0232@1)I just want one 
       GSecond (320003@1)chance