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Chorus:
GmajorI'm takin' it as it coCmajormes
ADmajornd you know that it comes to everyGmajorone
GmajorI'm just sittin' back here
Gettin' hiCmajorgh and drinking beer
DmajorAnd I'm just takin' it as it comGmajores
GmajorWell you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't
CmajorMakes a man stop and wonder iDmajorf he will or he won't
GmajorBut I'm in my prime, eCmajornjoying my time
DmajorI've been too busy just chasin' lifD7e, now I'm livinGmajor' mine
Chorus
GmajorEat more possum, God bless John Wayne
CmajorSeems like everybody got to be a cowDmajorboy these days
GmajorYou know riding de-range, it'Cmajors either rank stock or strange
DmajorIt's all in the luck and the buck and the draw
                                 D7Gamjor
And how tight you're holding the reins
Chorusx2

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Takin It As It Comes

by Jerry Jeff Walker

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmajor

Cmajor

Dmajor

Chorus:

Gmajor Cmajor

I'm takin' it as it comes

Dmajor Gmajor

And you know that it comes to everyone

Gmajor

I'm just sittin' back here

Cmajor

Gettin' high and drinking beer

Dmajor Gmajor

And I'm just takin' it as it comes

Gmajor

Well you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't

Cmajor Dmajor

Makes a man stop and wonder if he will or he won't

Gmajor Cmajor

But I'm in my prime, enjoying my time

Dmajor D7 Gmajor

I've been too busy just chasin' life, now I'm livin' mine

Chorus

Gmajor

Eat more possum, God bless John Wayne

Cmajor Dmajor

Seems like everybody got to be a cowboy these days

Gmajor Cmajor

You know riding de-range, it's either rank stock or strange

Dmajor

It's all in the luck and the buck and the draw

Gamjor

And how tight you're holding the reins

Chorusx2

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