Capo: 2nd
Intro: A

Verse 1:
My heart is thick , My pride [D/A]bent
Her love is gone and who knows where it [D/A]went
And every day, Is one more [D/A]day
Little steps that I can barely [D/A]take

Bridge:
They say falling out of love’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do
But it’s not true

Chorus:
D, E A
It may be the fall that brings your to your knees
Yeah the losing it all leaves you weak
Yeah your heart drops and your world stops
When you’re falling out of love
But it’s not the fall that’s so hard
It’s the getting back up

Verse 2:
I was ok at first, Then it started to [D/A]hurt
And the getting better just kept getting [D/A]worse
But as bad as it's been, I’m not giv[D/A]ing in
Slowly but surely I’m finding my fee[D/A]t again

Bridge:
Every minute’s one more minute I just made it through
That’s the best I can do.

Chorus:
D, E A
It may be the fall that brings your to your knees
Yeah the losing it all leaves you weak
Yeah your heart drops and your world stops
When you’re falling out of love
But it’s not the fall that’s so hard
It’s the getting back up
Yeah your heart drops and your world stops
When you’re falling out of love
But it’s not the fall that’s so hard
It’s the getting back up

Capo 1st Fret / Key of “D#”

Intro: D G D D A D D G D D A D

Don’t wanna read the paper
Or turn on the news
Don’t wanna another helping
Of the same old blues
Don’t wanna call nobody
Or answer the phone
What I want is everybody
To leave us alone

–Chorus (“But do we” on 2nd / “So we can” on 3rd; instead of “Let us”)

Let us sit down in the porch swing
Sip a little ice tea
Play with the kids in the yard
Hey, it’s time to get lazy
Had enough crazy
Life ain’t got to be so hard
Oh, Life don’t have to be so hard

-Break-> G D D A D
No, it don’t

Wanna stop and smell the roses
I don’t wanna run
Wanna catch up on the talkin’
That we haven’t done
The only big decision
That I wanna make
Is do we take this conversation
Down to the lake?

–Repeat Chorus (“But do we”)

–Bridge

More time with you
Less time for worry
More slowin’ down
Less in a hurry

–Repeat Chorus (“So we can”)

No, it don’t baby

-Solo–>(chorus chords)

(fade out)

By Tracy Lawrence
rmofle at satx.rr.com
3/14/2006

Drop D Tuning

Picking pattern during verses while in D

E————-0——-2——-0—-
D—–3———0——-2——-0–
G—2—2—2——-2——-2——
D———————————-
A———————————-
E-0——0——–0——-0——–

OLD MAN RED AT THE STORE WOULD LEAVE A NOTE ON THE DOOR
IT’D SAY “RAN TO THE HOUSE, BE BACK IN A FEW, LEAVE YOUR MONEY ON THE COUNTER”
IT WAS 26 CENTS FOR A COKE AND SOME GUM NOTHIN’ NEVER GOT STOLE
YOU COULD TRUST EVERYONE, EVEN OUT-OF-TOWNERS
AND FOOTBALL WAS PLAYED FOR THE GAME
AND MUSIC WAS MADE FOR THE SONG
WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE

I MISSED A BIRD WITH A ROCK WITH MY NEW SLING SHOT
BROKE A WINDOW WHERE I WAS THE TALK OF THE TOWN AND THAT WAS BIG TROUBLE
THERE WAS NOT POINT IN RUNNIN’ OR TRYIN’ TO LIE
WAS IT WORTH SEEIN’ ALL OF THAT SHAME IN DAD’S EYES OR WATCHIN’ THAT BELT GET UNBUCKLED, NO WAY
MOST EVERYONE PLAYED BY THE RULES
RIGHT WAS RIGHT AND WRONG WAS WRONG
WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE

Chorus:
OH IT’S CLEAR AS DAY HERE IN MY MIND
A PICTURE OF A SIMPLER TIME
WISH CHANGE WOULD JUST LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE
THOSE DAYS ARE GONE NOW
WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE

NOW THIS BOY ON MY SHOULDER TELLS ALL HIS FRIENDS
THAT I CAN BEAT UP THEIR DADS AND HIS MAMA’S THE PRETTIEST MAMA IN THE WORLD, AND SHE IS
YEAH I THOUGHT THAT TOO WHEN I WAS HIS AGE
DON’T REMEMBER HOW LONG I KEPT THINKIN’ THAT WAY BUT ONE THINGS FOR SURE
HE’LL BE STANDING WHERE I AM ONE DAY
BUT HIS MIND WILL BE SOMEWHERE BACK HOME
WHEN DADDY WAS A STRONG MAN, AND MAMA WAS A BLONDE

Chorus

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Sticks and Stones (G)
Tracy Lawrence

Intro: G C G
Verse 1: You can take the house and everything in it
Keep the diamond ring ‘cause that’s how I meant it
Sticks and stones are all they ever were to me
This material life with all it’s value
Don’t mean a thing to me without you
The love that we once had is all I need
So take everything we have if it makes ya happy
But darlin’ let me say before I leave

Chorus: These sticks and stones
Ain’t all that makes a home
They don’t have arms to hold you
When love goes wrong
Now you say that we are through
These sticks and stones may break me

But the words you said just tore my heart in two

8 Measure Break: G C G

Verse 2: Remember when we didn’t have a dime between us
You took my hand and said we don’t need much
Just as long as we’re together we would be fine
Now we’ve acquired
All I thought would please you
I gave everything you know that I could
And still you’re tellin’ me you’re not satisfied
So take everything we have if it makes ya happy
But darlin’ let me say before I leave

Chorus:

End: These sticks and stones may break me
But the words you said just tore my heart in two

|(Bm)(D/C#)|(D)(D/F#)|(G) |(G) | x 2

You know, someone told me once that angels don’t exist
And that paradise was just a poor man’s dream
Without hesitation, I can say he was mistaken
‘Cause I’ve wrapped my arms around celestial wings
[G/F#]But for reasons we don’t [D/F#]know, some aren’t meant to be here long[G/F#]
And then one day the [D/F#]good Lord calls them home

Now I may never find peace or ful- fill some destiny
I may be cursed just to [G/F#]walk this earth alone
And I never will erase the memory of her gentle face
But I can go to the other side [G/F#]with a smile
‘Cause I knew heaven for a while

(Bm)(D/C#)|(D)(D/F#)|(G) |(G)

The other day I took a drive to that place up on the hill
I brought flowers and I laid them on the stone
And I sat there for some time with this runnin’ through my mind
How much we take for granted till it’s gone
[G/F#]Then I got back in my [D/F#]car and I slowly drove away[G/F#]
Knowing she was [D/F#]in a better place

Now I may never find peace or ful- fill some destiny
I may be cursed just to [G/F#]walk this earth alone
And I never will erase the memory of her gentle face
But I can go to the other side [G/F#]with a smile
‘Cause I knew heaven for a while

The world turns and seasons change
And rivers keep on [D/F#]runnin’ to the sea
Tears dry and hearts heal
And what is meant to [D/F#]be will always be —

Now I may never find peace or ful- fill some destiny
I may be cursed just to [G/F#]walk this earth alone
And I never will erase the memory of her gentle face
But I can go to the other side [G/F#]with a smile
‘Cause I knew heaven

I knew heaven, [A/F#]I knew heaven for a while
|(Bm)(D/C#)|(D)(D/F#)|(G) |(G) For a while |(Bm)(D/C#)|(D)(A)|(G) —–

UP ALL NIGHT
Tracy Lawrence

Intro: (G) (F) (C) x 2

Yeah (G) I’m a little tired, I’m a little wired (C)
(G) Four pots of coffee in the last eight hours (C)
Pacing the floor all the way through
(G) Late, late movies and the early cartoons
Now (D) you’re wanting me to believe
You (Em) ain’t fooling around on me

Even through (D) blood(C)shot (G) eyes
I can see right (D) through (C) your (G) lies
I mighta been born (D) yest(F)er(C)day
(NC) But I’ve been up all night

[(G)] [(F)] [(C)]
Des(G)pite the caffeine
and the lack of visine (C)
(G) I’m not as wide eyed as I seem (C)
You left looking fine now you
come back home
Your (G) hair messed up and your
blouse buttoned wrong
I’d (D) have to be a fool to believe
(Em) Anything you’re telling me

Even through (D) blood(C)shot (G) eyes
I can see right (D) through (C) your (G) lies
I mighta been born (D) yest(F)er(C)day
(NC) But I’ve been up all night

(Am) Never went quite as far as loving you (C) blind
But you (D) had me in the dark for a long, long (G) time
Now you’re (Am) looking at a man who’s seen the light
So (C) pardon the way I look
(D) Sunset to sunrise, haven’t slept a wink
But I (NC) feel like I just woke up

Even through (D) blood(C)shot (G) eyes
I can see right (D) through (C) your (G) lies
I mighta been born (D) yest(F)er(C)day
(NC) But I’ve been
I’ve been up
I’ve been up
I’ve been up all (G) night (F) (C)
(G) I’ve been up all night (F) (C)
(G) I’ve been up all night (F) (C)
(G) I’ve been up all night (F) (C) -pause- (G) (strum four times to end)

Tracy Lawrence – It’s All How You Look At It

INtro – Am – G – F 4x’s

(verse 1)
Little boy on a big jet plane,
Am G F (C-B-G-Am –walk these notes)
Takin off in the pourin rain,
They’re bouncin around like a basketball,
He says, momma what if we fall,

(verse 2)
She looks in those big scared eyes,
Am G F (C-B-G-Am –walk these notes)
Son think of it like a big circus ride,
Next thing you know he’s laughin out loud,
Sayin do it again as the wheels touched down,

(chorus)
Guess it’s all-all-all how you look at it,
You might see more than the sight that you see’in,
Turn it up–side down and shake it up a bit,
Bb (x88766) F (xx7565)
IT could be a, good thing,

Ab (x66544) Bb Bb - Am - G - F - Am - G - F

IT’s all how you look at it, yea yea

(verse 3)
There’s this man playin air guitar,
He always dreamed he’d be a superstar,
Quits his job and starts singn at night,
Is he givin up his livin,
OR takin back his life,

(chorus)
Guess it’s all-all-all how you look at it,
You might see more than the sight that you see’in,
Turn it up–side down and shake it up a bit,
Bb (x88766) F (xx7565)
IT could be a, good thing,
Ab (x66544) Bb Bb
IT’s all how you look at it,

(lead - F - C - Bb - F - Bb - G)

(verse 4)
You’ve got your opinions and I”ve got mine,
That we agree to agree at least some of the time,
A glass half empty is a glass half full,
That’s what makes life beautiful,

(chorus)
Guess it’s all-all-all how you look at it,
You might see more than the sight that you see’in,
Turn it up–side down and shake it up a bit,
Bb (x88766) F (xx7565)
IT could be a, good thing,
Ab (x66544) Bb Bb
IT’s all how you look at it,

(chorus)
All-all-all how you look at it,
You might see more than the sight that you see’in,
Turn it up–side down and shake it up a bit,
Bb (x88766) F (xx7565)
IT could be a, good thing,

Ab (x66544) Bb Bb - Am - G - F - Am - G - F

IT’s all how you look at it,

Title: While You Sleep
Artist: Tracy Lawrence
Song writers: Boone/Nelson/Lawrence
Album: The Best of Tracy Lawrence
Transcribed by: Jeremy Powers powers_78@yahoo.com

1. I don’t say I love, you quite enough I know
Sometimes I go for days, I’m ashamed to say
The world moves so fast, and the words come so
slow
And I let those excuses get in my way

Chorus:
But while you sleep sometimes I lie awake and watch

you breath, In the silence that surrounds the dead

of night, Bear my soul that all the words sound
right, I pray the lord our hearts to keep, while
you sleep.

2. Day’s march through our lives like a sad parade
Our laughter and tears, our hopes and fears
And I keep remembering things I forget to say
And perhaps someday, I let you know my dear…that

(repeat chorus)

C[/ch] F[/ch] C[/ch] F[/ch]

It was(C[/ch])where my mama sat on that old(G[/ch])swing

with her crochet(Am[/ch]), It was(F[/ch])where grandaddy

taught(C[/ch])me how to cuss and how to pray(G[/ch]),

It was(Am[/ch])where we made our own(Em[/ch])ice cream

those(F[/ch])sultry summer nights(C[/ch]),

where the(Dm[/ch])bulldog had her pup(Em[/ch])pies,

and us(F[/ch])brothers had our fights(G[/ch]),

There were many nights I’d sit right there and look
out at the stars, to the sound of a distant wippoorwhill,
or the hum of a passin’ car, it was where I first got up
the nerve to steal me my first kiss, and it was where
I learned to play guitar and pray I had the gift,

CHORUS:

If the world(C[/ch])had a front(F[/ch])porch like(G[/ch])we did back then(Am[/ch]),

(F[/ch])We’d still have our prob(C[/ch])lems, (G[/ch])but we’d all be friends,

(Am[/ch])Treatin’ your neighbor like he’s(F[/ch])your next of kin(C[/ch])

(F[/ch])wouldn’t be gone(C[/ch]), with the wind(Am[/ch]),

if the world(F[/ch])had a front(C[/ch])porch

like(G[/ch])did back(C[/ch])then. (F[/ch]) (C[/ch]) (F[/ch])

Purple hulls and pintos, I’ve shelled more than my share,
lighting bugs and crickets, Danced in the evening air,
and like a beacon that ole’ yellow moon it always lead
me home, some how mama always knew,
just when to leave it on,

repeat chorus:

Treatin your neighbor like he’s your next of kin wouldn’t be gone
with the wind, if the world had a front porch, like we
did back then.

tracylawrence.com/Cached

Tracy Lawrence, – “Somebody Paints the Wall” – “Sticks and Stones”

Intro: D G D A D G D A

If my old truck was a horse I’d [D/F#]have to shoot it

Lord the day my ship came in, I was wa[G/D]itin’ for a t[D/F#]rain

Every time I get a grip I [D/F#]always lose it

I can’t find the sunshine for the rain

And you know I’m always saying I’m sorry

But you stand by me through it all, seems every time I make my mark

Somebody paints the wall

Chorus:

Every time I think I’m off and runnin’, I’m barely up to a crawl

Every time I get a leg up on the ladder of success I slip and fall

Like last week down at the factory I was up for a promotion

But the boss’s little brother got the call

Seems every time I make my mark somebody paints the wall

INSTRU: D G D A D

Chorus 2:

Every time I think I’m off and runnin’, I’m barely up to a crawl

Every time I get a leg up on the ladder of success I slip and fall

Like last week down at the factory I was up for a promotion

But the boss’s little brother got the call

Seems every time I make my mark somebody paints the wall

Seems every time I make my mark somebody always paints the wall