Capo on 3rd Fret (Key of C minor [song ends on a Cm chord])
Some notes on the G chords played in this song, as there are 3 seperate ones
Gadd4 | G[1] | G[2]
E | 3 -- | 3 -- | 3
B | 1 -- | 0 -- | 3
G | 0 -- | 0 -- | 0
D | 0 -- | 0 -- | 0
A | 2 -- | 2 -- | 2
E | 3 ---| 3 -- | 3
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intro: F C Am Gadd4 (the Gadd4 is played only on the final downstrum)
F C
pay my respects to the company store
Am Gadd4
i ain't got no money, don't want no more
F C
pay my respects to the company boys
Am Gadd4
and just move along
F C
i worked hard for every little bit i got
Am Gadd4
i got lucky once on some advice
F C
met a dark haired girl at the mississippi moon
Am
musta left by mistake one night
G[1] Gadd4 G[1] (hold)
in a hurry lord
F C
and that ain't the hardest part
Am
the hardest part is lovin
F C G[1] Gadd4 G[2]
somebody that cares for you
so much [back to verse chords]
promises don't pay cash at the bank
if they did i'm bettin your word
you couldn't pay me for the time that it took to write a check
to buy a babydoll for my girl
and I worked hard for every little bit I got
the things I got are gonna stay
and it's been flooding so hard on them company mines
that you know it's gonna flood someday
and you're gonna miss someone
F C
and that ain't the hardest part
Am
the hardest part is lovin
F C G[1] Gadd4 G[2]
somebody that cares for you
F C
no that ain't the hardest part
Am
the hardest part is workin'
F C
and i've worked enough
[bridge]
G Am7
I can stretch that penny like a silver line
rollin through the pages of my life
underneath your name where it's underlined
[guitar drops out]
i've been turned around i been mystified by
C Am F C
true love
C Am G[1] Gadd4 G[2]
and that ain't the hardest part
C Am F C
talkin bout true love
oh and that ain't the hardest part
G[1] Gadd4 G[2] x 4
[outro]
F C Am Gadd4
that ain't the hardest part
[ritardando (slow down)]
F C Am
