This dirt has my skin[D/F#] on it
and these rocks have my blood on them
These big tall trees
as [D/F#]tall as the eye can see
have my hammered nails on them
from back when I was a kid

And all the cops in this one horse town they know my first name
They’d know the truck I drive
They know I’m not here to stay

Chorus:
So get ready I’m tying one on
[D/F#]I’m living a country song
I got my work clothes on
I aint goin down till the sun comes up
A bottle of whiskey on my old [D/F#]stompin ground
Brings me around to the old familiar faces I need
To recharge my battery[D/F#][D/F#]

VERSE 2:
And these rivers
I have [D/F#]swam them
And these backroads
I own them

Like the back of my head
Like my G[D/F#]randdaddy said
This roads going straight to hell
Like a snowball straight to hell

And all the cops in this one horse town they know me by my first name
They’d know the truck I drive
They know I’m not here to stay

Chorus #2:
So get ready I’m tying one on
[D/F#]I’m living a country song
I got my work clothes on
I aint goin down till the sun comes up
A bottle of whiskey on my old s[D/F#]tompin ground
Brings me around to the old familiar places I need
To recharge my battery[D/F#][D/F#]

Repeat Chorus #2

To recharge my battery
To recharge my battery

CAPO 3

Go back in fool
What’s the matter with you
You ain’t goin no where
And you know it
There’s no answers in this yard
No wisdom in the dark
Quit talkin to the stars
Before you blow it
CHORUS
Go back inside
And just hold her for a while
She’s [G/B]one of a kind
She’s worth the fight
And you can’t stay out here all night
Go back in fool
You’re getting cold
She’s got her heart
Pressed up against the other side of the door
This is no time
To make a stand
Come on board
It’s time to be a man
CHORUS
Go back inside
And just hold her for a while
She’s one of a kind
She’s worth the fight
Go back inside
And just hold her for a while
She’s one of a kind
Forget your pride
CHORUS
Go back in fool
What’s the matter with you
You ain’t goin no where
And you know it

I can see the place from here this time of year
When it gets cold and leaves shrivel up and parachute to the ground
I can see you made it back, I can see you’re still around
I was hoping they’d keep you locked away in the lost and found
I fin’lly found the key to my heart
All I ever really needed was a little spark
You come rolling in like gasoline
That’s why there’s never nothing left of me
Cause you burn me

Chorus:
You burn me up just like a midnight cigarette
You burn me up cause you can melt me with your kiss
Why do you hurt me, oh baby you hurt me
You can burn me with a simple single touch
I get confused and think I’ve never loved this much
And without warning you come rolling in like gasoline
That’s why there’s never nothing left of me
Cause you burn me

I thought that you moved on, tell me why are you back
Did he figure out all your crazy, deceitful ways
But this time it’s not gonna work, this time I’m standing clear
Of the time bomb you are and the time bomb you’ve always been
I fin’lly found the key to my heart
All I ever really needed was a little spark
You come rolling in like gasoline
That’s why there’s never nothing left of me
Cause you burn me

Chorus

Chorus

Capo 3 (Key of F)

Well, you looking at me and you wanna be mad
‘Cause I’m walking around with my head down to the ground, hey hey hey
What good is a man in my kinda shape
I’m a dollar short and you’re ten days late
But you [D/F#]can count on me
Yeah, you just [D/F#]gotta believe

Chorus:
I’ll come back with a vengeance
I’ll punch holes in the walls
I’ll wade through [D/F#]broken glass
You know I’d do it all
Gonna wake up on a [D/F#]blanket of hopes and dreams
‘Cause you [D/F#]can count on me

When the winters gone and the spring is here
And everybody is looking alive again, finally
We got a little bitty house on the top of a hill
And I’m making top dollar working down happily
‘Cause you can count on me
Yeah, you just gotta believe

Chorus

Bridge:
We got a [D/F#]baby on the way
She’s gonna[D/F#] be here any day
I can’t [D/F#]wait to see her face

Chorus

Yeah, we gonna wake up on a blanket
Of hopes and dreams

‘Cause you can count on
You can count on
You can count on me

Intro
E B C#m A 2x
You’ve been waltzing in and out of this life for so long
Its getting to be old hat
I bet you never thought that you could ever go so wrong
But right now that’s where you’re at
Its time to face the cold hard fact

Chorus
Between here and the front door
You better think of something, think of something real fast
I ain’t stopping you anymore
You’re about to say something that you cant take back
So there’s nothing I can do but draw a line down the middle
Of the living room floor, and its all going down between here and the front door

Well you’re doing it again, changing colors with the wind
Well baby get it understood
If you’re gonna go, go but if you’re gonna stay, stay
But this time you’re staying for good, hey Id help you if I could

Chorus
Between here and the front door
You better think of something, think of something real fast
I ain’t stopping you anymore
You’re about to say something that you cant take back
So there’s nothing I can do but draw a line down the middle
Of the living room floor, and its all going down between here and the front door

Bridge

This is where it happens, this it where it gets real
I don’t want to lose you, you know how I feel

Guitar Solo

Chorus
Between here and the front door
You better think of something, think of something real fast
I ain’t stopping you anymore
You’re about to say something that you cant take back
So there’s nothing I can do but draw a line down the middle
Of the living room floor, and its all going down between here and the front door
Its all going down between here and the front door

E B C#m A 2x then E

Aint it funny how the darkness makes everything seem oh so clearly
When you’re on the ground face down how you can see everything oh so differently
You wont even notice that I’am gone
G walk down to Em
Until you wake up and you’re all alone
Then you’ll point fingers
Cause you’re the ultimate deceiver

No way no how
Will i take you back
you will not black mail me
with your hypocrisy
you’re the perfect contradiction of yourself Jeckly and Hyde
G w/d to Em
you have no control this time
Im leaving tonight
I'll turn out the lights

CHORUS

Come here baby, closer still
Lie down with me, may this night never end
Tell me you want me and then tell me more
Take m-e-e-e-e further than Ive ever been before
Cause I, I [C/B]need you
And I, I aim to please you

I want to sweep you off your feet
I want for you to fall for me
I need your body like I [C/B]need your soul
So come on baby, lets go
And let the good times roll
Saturday morning has never been so sweet
To wake up next to you, to watch you sleep
When Im not with you, I can barely breathe
You know you, you put the life right back inside of me
Cause I, I need you
And I, I aim to please you

I want to sweep you off your feet
I want for you to fall for me
I need your body like I [C/B]need your soul
So come on baby, lets go
And let the good times roll
Bridge:
Lock your fears away, [C/B]for just a little time
You can hang em in the closet, you can h[C/B]ang em right next to mine
Dont be afraid to let go, [C/B]Ill be sure to hold on
With all my body and my soul
Let the good times roll

Chorus

Let the good times roll
Let the good times roll

Molly Jane is 23, [D/F#]shes graduating from college today, after five long years
Shes ready to be on her own, g[D/F#]o out and have a little fun, and not answer to anyone
Make no mistake about it, she [C/B]still thinks of him
But right now shes wondering where he is

He said move on, I cant hang on [D/F#]
If you wont meet me in the middle on solid ground
Tell me whats wrong, give me s[D/F#]omething I can work on
But if all youve got is you need some time alone, I cant hang on

Molly Jane is finding out that life all alone, is highly overrated
Every guy she goes out with, she compares to him, and she knows that thats not fair
She wants so bad to call him, shes staring at the phone
But shes afraid to find out, that hes already gone
Chorus
Bridge:
She dials up his number like shes done a million times
But another voice answers on the other end of the line
It was the voice of Becky Martin, Molly Janes ex-best friend
You see when Molly moved out, Becky moved in
Chorus

Capo 3

My daddy’s knuckles were always bloody
From working on our hand-me-down cars
He’d tell me son the only way to get ahead
Is work your fingers to the bone

Chorus 1:
Gave him the finger and I walked away
I wouldn’t listen to a thing he’d say
And now that he’s not [C/B]here I want him to know
I knew he worked his fingers to the bone

My momma always knew of my indiscretions
But she always had an ear for me
She’d take me to the church and make me listen
Pray to God on a bended knee

Chorus 2:
I said I hate you and I walked away
I wouldn’t listen to a thing she’d say
But one day I turned around and she was gone
I knew she worked her fingers to the bone

Last night I read my son a bed time story
And he looked up at me
He told me Daddy you know I love you
Daddy please don’t leave

Chorus 3:
But there will come a day he’ll walk away
And he won’t listen to a word I’ll say
Then one day he’ll wake up and he’ll know
His daddy worked his fingers to the bone

[C/B]His daddy worked his fingers to the bone[C/B]
His momma worked her fingers to the bone
All we tried to do is [C/B]give you a home
Yeah nobody tried to steer you wrong
C/B C C/B C C/B fade
Cause everybody works their fingers to the bone