Steve Azar - The Underdog guitar chord

The Underdog - Steve Azar

Album: Waitin' On Joe

Writers: Steve Azar/Rafe Van Hoy

*Note-dashes in between chords (ie A-D) just means go from one

to the other quickly, one strum each

Intro: A D-A E A-D A D-A E (x2)

A D A D-A E A-D

I wake up just to work hard every day

A D A E

Nothin' free and nothin' easy ever comes my way

A D

Hands are calloused, my body is bruised

F#m D

I won't give up and I will not lose

D A D E

Just when you count me out, that's when I'll come through...I'm

Chorus:

F#m D

The underdog

A E

The one whose back stays against the wall

F#m D

The underdog

A E

I'll still be standin' when the favorite falls

F#m D

So they say I'm not that strong

F#m D

And the odds are way too long

F#m E D A D-A E A-D A D-A E

Well I was born to prove them wrong, I'm the underdog

A D A D-A E A-D

My baby's the best lookin' thing to hit this town

A D A E

She believes in me even though her folks don't want me comin 'round

A D

They got bigger plans for her than me

F#m D

I've got somethin' inside they can't see

D A D E

But someday I swear they will, cause I won't always be, ohh

CHORUS

E D

I know every verse and every word of 1st Samuel 17

E D A

I love it when that big ol' boy's brought down to his knees

F#m D A

And it sometimes seems that all my dreams are over nine feet tall

D A

And I'm the little man with a rock in his hand

E

Just like David in overalls... I'm

CHORUS

A D-A E A-D A D-A E

Oh, I'm the underdog.................don't you count me out

A D-A E A-D A D-A E (x2) D A

Chords:

A = x02220

D = xx0232

E = 022100

F#m = 244222(bar chord)