Transpose up
(INTRO)
D
Dmaj7
D
G
Gmaj7
G
(VER)
D
When it comes to hitchin’ the boat up
Dmaj7
Backin’ down the ramp
D
in my old truck
G
To find a bunch of logs
To catch a bunch of
Gmaj7
hogs
Yeah, I wrote the
G
book
Yeah, I wrote the
D
book
D
If you wanna learn to throw a curve right
To catch a clean up lookin’ on a third strike
G
Talk a little smack
Gmaj7
while he’s walkin’ back
Yeah, I wrote the
G
book
(PRE CHO)
But there’s
D
one that lays by
The lamp on the nightstand
D
One that says don’t cuss and don’t fight
G
Or let the bottle turn you
Gmaj7
into a different man
(CHO)
But damn if I don’t
G
do it every Friday night
D
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
A
D
in’t gettin’ read enough to
Keep me on a straight
G
line
I’m a Jack of all trades
But man I gotta say
That’s one book I didn’t
D
write
D
(VER)
D
I met a good girl
She had her life straight
She said she loved that I was good at everythin’
G
One day she left me in a cloud of dust
’Cause I never was too good at pickin’ up
(PRE CHO)
The
D
one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
The
D
one that says don’t cuss and don’t fight
G
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
(CHO)
But damn if I don’t do it every Friday n
D
ight
D
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
D
Ain’t gettin’ read enough to
Keep me on a straight
G
line
I’m a lack of all trades
But man I gotta say
That’s one book I didn’t
D
write
(INSTRUMENT)
D
D
G
G
(BRI)
Yeah the g
D
ood Lord knows I need it
I didn’t w
Gmaj7
rite it but I probably oughta
G
read
it
(PRE CHO)
The
D
one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
D
One that says don’t cuss and don’t fight
G
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
(CHO)
But damn if I don’t do it every Friday
D
night
D
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
A
D
in’t gettin’ read enough to
Keep me on a straight
G
line
I’m a lack of all trades
But man I gotta say
(OUTRO)
That’s one book I didn’t
D
write
D
That’s one book I didn’t
Gmaj7
write
G
That’s one book I didn’t
D
write
