LIFETIME TO PROVE
BY: BR5-49
WRITTEN BY:Chuck Mead
TRANSCRIBED BY: JEFF GARY
 
F
MY POCKETS ARE EMPTY THOUGH MY WIFE HAS SENT ME
       Bb
TO THE STORE FOR SOME CIGARETTES AND BREAD
          F
I STARTED WALKIN' THERE GOT AS FAR AS THE SQUARE
         C
THEN THE SMELL OF BEER WENT TO MY HEAD
    F
THE THING ABOUT BEER, IT CAN MAKE A MAN HEAR
Bb
VOICES FROM DAYS LONG SINCE PAST
         F                       C
AND WITH EVERY THIRD DRINK IT'LL MAKE YOU THINK
          Bb                C
THAT YOUR YOUTH WILL ALWAYS LAST
 

CHORUS

          Bb
NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU MOVE
           F                        C
IT TAKES A LIFETIME TO PROVE TO YOURSELF
                  Dm
I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE
      Bb              F     C               F
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
 
CHORUS

SOLO (CHORD CHANGE TO G F=G Bb=C C=D) 

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
 
CHORUS

TAG: LAST LINE OF CHORUS 

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-Jeff Gary-
jwgary@mail.utexas.edu

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