By Paul Thorn
Written By Paul Thorn
4/22/2012

Capo 2

Intro chords:

I don’t want to cry, I don’t want to walk the floor
This mobile home, don’t feel like home no more
But since you left, tell me what else can I do

Just come back home, forgive me and forget it
This bed I made, I’m tired of sleepin’ in it
It’s freezin’ cold and baby that ain’t cool

I’m waitin’ on you
Here at the Ponderosa Trailer Park,
There wasn’t nothin’ that could keep us apart,
Then I broke your heart, in our….

Chorus:
Double wide, double wide, double wide paradise
Come on back to our double wide paradise
Double wide, double wide, double wide paradi-i-i-i-i-se

I bought a swimming pool from the man at Sears
He put it together, I filled it up with tears
Can’t find no happiness, no matter what I do

Just cause I got the treasures of the world
It don’t mean nothin’ if I ain’t got you girl
Inside my castle, I got the king size blues

I’m waitin’ on you
So baby when you get to feelin’ alone
You know I always leave my porch light on
So you can come back home to our

Chorus

Bridge:
We can have a second honeymoon
We’ll throw some ribs on the barbeque
Just like we use to do in our

Chorus

INTRO: G D C7 D D7
1. I soaked all your pictures in gasoline
I prayed for a miracle but the phone never rang
I cried on the front porch and I cursed your name
I waited ‘til sundown and then I lit the flame
I’m trying to get over you
But the further – the further away I move

Chorus:
Every little bit hurts, oh yeah
Every little bit hurts; Aww, yes it does

2. I turned on my TV; I saw John Wayne
Kiss his girl goodbye and ride off into the rain
He must not have needed her cause if he did he would have stayed
He made leaving look easy but for me it’s not that way
No, I’m trying to get over you
But the further – the further away I move

Chorus, then instrumental (Em C7 Em C7 D B7 Em Em7 C7 D D7 ), the Bridge:
(Spoken:) Now darling, if you’re out there listening tonight
I want to let you know one thing
Someday I’ll be strong again and won’t worship the ground you walk on
But baby until then

Chorus 2x, vamp to end

(Thanks to ron sikes for tabs)

(INTRO)
G, C, G

(VERSE 1)
My boss man said you better get to work before i have to let you go
He just walks around and he pays no mind to the sweat dripping off of my nose
But after 10 long years of him dogging me out there’s one thing i learned well
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(VERSE 2?)
My girlfriend she went out on me a hundred and fifty one times
At least she was honest enough to admit it when she wasn’t too busy lying
But i came to a realization the last time she kicked my tail
G D G C, G, D, G
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(CHORUS)
If you’ve ever been on the receiving end then you know what it’s like
A losing situation has been the story of my life
But i ain’t gonna let it beat me down and someday i’ll prevail
G D G C, G, D, G
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(VERSE 3)
I climbed in the ring with Roberto Duran and the punches began to rain down
He hit me with a dozen hard upper cuts and my corner threw in the towel
I asked him why he had to knock me out and he summed it up real well
He said i’d rather be a hammer than a nail

(END)
I’d rather be a hammer than a nail