Steve Earle – Good Ol Boy Gettin Tough chords

[Intro Tab]

     A A7(no3) D/A  A                       Asuse|------------------------------------------------------------|B|---2----5----3----2------2----5----3----2--3-3-3-2----------|G|---2----0----2----2------2----0----2----2--2-2-2-2----------|D|---2----5----4----2------2----5----4----2--2-2-2-2----------|A|---0----0----0----0------0----0----0----0--0-0-0-0----------|E|---------------------0-3------------------------------------|

[Instrumental Break / Chorus after the Bridge Tab]

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------2---2--------2-------------------------------|G|---------------------------2---2--------2-------------------------------|D|----------2--5--5--4--2----2---2--------2-------2--5--5--4--2-----------|A|--0-0-3-4----------------3-0---0------3-0-0-3-4----------------3-0---0--|E|----------------------------------0-3------------------------------3----|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|--------------------------------2-------------------2--2-------|G|--------------------------------2-------------------2--2-------|D|--------0---0---0-2-2-0-2-------2-------2-5-5-4-2---2--2-------|A|--0-3-0---4---4-----------3-0---0-0-3-4-----------3-0--0-------|E|------------------------------3--------------------------------|


[Intro]
A    A7   D/A    A
A    A7   D/A    A  Asus  A

[Verse 1]
AI got a job but it ain't nearly enough
  AA twenty thousand dollar pickup truck
           G                                                A   Asus  ABelongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin' man from Iran

AI left the service got a G.I. loan
      AI got married found myself a home
      G                                                ANow I hang around this one horse town doin' the best I can


[Chorus]
Asus    A      A7    D/A   A          A     A7    D/A     AGettin' tough                 Just my luck
      A                                            EI was born in the land of plenty now there ain't enough
        A     A7  D/A   A             A    A7    D/A      AGettin' cold                I've been told
     D                      E                    AWell nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy


[Instrumental] (intro tab)
A    A7   D/A    A
A    A7   D/A    A  Asus  A


[Verse 2]
     ABeen goin' nowhere down a one way track
          AI can't believe it but ain't no turnin' back
        G                                          A   Asus  AGot the wife and the kids and what would everybody say
   AMy brother's standin' on the welfare line
    AAny minute now I might get mine
G                                       AMeanwhile it's the IRS and the devil to pay


[Chorus]
Asus    A      A7    D/A   A          A     A7    D/A     AGettin' tough                 Just my luck
      A                                            EI was born in the land of plenty now there ain't enough
        A      A7    D/A   A          A     A7    D/A     AGettin' cold                I've been told
     D                      E                    AWell nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy


[Instrumental Break]
N.C. (A)


[Bridge]
     D                          E      AWell I hit the beer joint every Friday night
D                            E     ASpend a little money lookin' for a fight
D                        E       AAnd it don't matter if I lose or win
      D                                  ECause Monday I'm back on the losin' end again


[Chorus]
AGettin' tough                 Just my luck
      A                                            EI was born in the land of plenty now there ain't enough
        AGettin' cold                I've been told
     D                      E                    AWell nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy

AGettin' tough                 Just my luck
      A                                            EI was born in the land of plenty now there ain't enough
        AGettin' cold                I've been told
     D                      E                    AWell nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy

[Tag]
A    A7   D/A    A
A    A7   D/A    A