Br5-49 - Lifetime To Prove guitar tab

LIFETIME TO PROVE

BY: BR5-49

WRITTEN BY:Chuck Mead

TRANSCRIBED BY: JEFF GARY

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MY POCKETS ARE EMPTY THOUGH MY WIFE HAS SENT ME

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TO THE STORE FOR SOME CIGARETTES AND BREAD

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I STARTED WALKIN' THERE GOT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE

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THEN THE SMELL OF BEER WENT TO MY HEAD

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THE THING ABOUT BEER, IT CAN MAKE A MAN HEAR

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VOICES FROM DAYS LONG SINCE PAST

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AND WITH EVERY THIRD DRINK IT'LL MAKE YOU THINK

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THAT YOUR YOUTH WILL ALWAYS LAST

CHORUS

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NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU MOVE

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IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO PROVE TO YOURSELF

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I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE

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I GOT ONE FOOT IN THE DOOR, I JUST WANT ONE MORE

I THOUGHT OF A TIME WHEN MY FUTURE WAS MINE

IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT ANYONE SAID

I WAS HANDSOME AND STRONG AND WHEN I WALKED ALONG

I STOOD ERECT AND LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD

BUT THEN I LOST MY FIGHT, "GOING TO" TURNED TO "MIGHT"

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE I LOST MY WILL

AND NOW I'M SITTING HERE, MY LIFE FULL OF BEER

AND I TRY TO PRETEND IT'S NOT REAL

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THESE DAYS I BARELY SURVIVE ON LOT NUMBER FIVE

IN THE MOBILE ACRES ON THE EASTSIDE OF TOWN

I SWORE THIS KIND OF LIFE I'D NEVER LEAD

I GUESS I LET TOO MANY THINGS GET ME DOWN

IF MY PAPPY COULD SEE WHAT THEY DONE TO ME

I SWEAR HE'D MARCH DOWN THERE AND MAKE IT ALL RIGHT

BUT HE'S LONG SINCE GONE AND I'M OLD ENOUGH NOW

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIGHT MY OWN FIGHT

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TAG: LAST LINE OF CHORUS

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BR5-49

P.O. Box 23288

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-Jeff Gary-

jwgary@mail.utexas.edu

http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jwgary