Close Don't Count for Nothin' 
? 2003 Paul Eason 

Intro: E5 D5 A5 G5 D5 


Verse: 
A5                                    G5         D5 
He's been workin' for two years down the street at HEB 
A5                              G5               D5 
Just so he can pay his rent and take classes at ACC 
        G5                                 D5 
Now he ain't old but he's done more livin' than his twenty years might suggest 
A5                                    G5                      D5 
He's done some drinkin' in his lifetime but he ain't even legal yet 

Chorus: 
          E5              D5 
And it's a long way to Mexico 
                  E5                    G5 
And there ain't nothing to do around here 
              B5                  D5 
I guess close don't count for nothin' 
        A5                                          G5        D5 
But no one around here seems to care 

Verse: 
He's friends with the sheriff's daughter, you know ol' sheriff thinks he's alright 
He'll even buy him beer and give him advice on his love life 
But on a Monday night with nothing to do man a six pack sure sounds nice 
But there ain't no way it's gonna happen today 'cause the timing just ain't right 

Chorus 

Verse: 
He's just got a week left 'till he makes twenty one 
Said he gave up drinkin' 'till then said the risk outweighs the fun 
Well this I had to see with my own eyes to doubt no more 
Don't you know the very next day I saw him passed out on the floor 

Chorus