[Intro Riff]
(6/8 time, waltzy strumming on G and D chords, first two notes pick up into first measure)
G D
e|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|
B|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|
G|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|
D|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|
A|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|
E|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|
G D G
e|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|
B|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|
G|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|
D|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|
A|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|
E|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|
(Throw in a hammer-on on the low E and A from time to time when playing G chord)
[Verse 1]
G
He works the night shift at the depot
D
With a pistol and a light
G
And he guards them rusty missiles
D G
Counting whitetail to pass the time
G
And he's worked there for a long while
D
Since he came home from overseas
G
Helping Kilcorn fight the good fight
D G
Bring Baghdad to its knees
D G
And it was hotter than the mountain
D G
But it weren't so's he couldn't stand
G
And it weren't so much the heat wave
D G
Nearly as much as all the sand
[Repeat Riff]
G D
e|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|
B|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|
G|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|
D|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|
A|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|
E|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|
G D G
e|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|
B|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|
G|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|
D|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|
A|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|
E|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|
[Verse 2]
G
Now his daddy, he's a log man
D
With a good leg and a fake
G
That he got off of a buddy
D G
And a shitshot that he made
G
And he worked them hands to splinters
D
And he raised them young'uns right
G
On a little bit of scripture
D G
And an acreage of paradise
D G
And he'd go out on the weekend
D G
And he played like Clarence White
G
But Clarence had a real job
D G
And picked the guitar when there was time
[Repeat Riff]
(Repeat 2x if there is a solo)
G D
e|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|
B|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|
G|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|
D|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|
A|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|
E|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|
G D G
e|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|
B|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|
G|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|
D|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|
A|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|
E|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|
G
Keeps a trap line in the winter
D
Keeps a line wet in the spring
G
On a lock wall fishing muskie
D G
With his eldest and Steve
D G
And they swap tales about their raisin'
D G
And they tell the awfulest lies
G
And they go home when they've a notion
D G
And the muskie quit to bitin'
[End With Riff]
G D
e|---------|-3--------------|-------------|--------------|-2------------|
B|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|-3------------|
G|---------|----------------|-------------|--------------|0h2-----------|
D|-------0-|-0h2---0--------|-----------0-|0h2--0-----0--|------------0-|
A|-0h2-----|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3-----|-------0h1----|--------0h2---|
E|---------|-3--------------|-3-----------|--------------|--------------|
G D G
e|-3--------------|------------|-2----------|3------------|
B|----------------|------------|-3----------|-------------|
G|----------------|------------|0h2---------|-------------|
D|-0h2---0--------|----------0-|------------|-------------|
A|---------0h2--0-|---0h2h3----|------------|2------------|
E|-3--------------|-3----------|------------|3------------|
************************************
| h Hammer-on
************************************Matthew chords and lyrics
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(Throw in a hammer-on on the low E and A from time to time when playing G chord) [Verse 1] [Repeat Riff] [Verse 2] [Repeat Riff] ************************************ | h Hammer-on ************************************
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