Intro : |D9- - -|D9- - D|D9- - -|D9- - D|
Verse 1 :
G G
I gave two teeth in a teenage brawl, to a girl whose name I can't recall
D D
Then we broke up
G G
I gave a knee to the football team chasing that high school state champ dream
D D
We almost won
Bm A G D/F#
I gave junior college almost a year
Em Bm A4 A
Then I gave a Greyhound twenty bucks, and that's how I got here
G A D G A D
I give all my money, for a slice of daily bread
G A Bm G A
I give forty honest hours, to a boss I never met
G A D G A Bm
And I gave my soul to Jesus, at the age of twenty-two
G D/F# Em D/F# A4 A
So there ain't much left to offer, but I give my heart to you
Intro : |D9- - -|D9- - D|
Verse 2 :
G G
I gave a beard and a head of hair to a boot camp corporal with a barbers chair
D D
At Camp LeJeune
G G
I gave Uncle sam what he bargained for, twenty-four months not a minute more
D D
I just didn't fit in
Bm A G D/F#
Then I gave a high school friend of mine a call
Em Bm A4 A
And we gave a body shop a try 'til we gave up last fall
Chorus :
G A D G A D
I give all my money, for a slice of daily bread
G A Bm G A
I give forty honest hours, to a boss I never met
G A D G A Bm
And I gave my soul to Jesus, at the age of twenty-two
G D/F# Em D/F# A4 A
So there ain't much left to offer, but I give my heart to you
Solo : |G - A - | D - - - | G - A - | D - - - |
|G - A - | Bm- - - | G - - - | A - - - |
Chorus :
G A D G A Bm Bm
And I gave my soul to Jesus, at the age of twenty-two
G D/F# Em D/F# A4 A
So there ain't much left to offer, but I give my heart to you
Outro : |D9- - -|D9- - D|D9- - -|D9- - D||D9 |D9-D|
Comments : I really love this song, because it's simply simple and great :-)
It also has great Lyrics in my opinion.
It sounds best with a flatpicking on an acoustic guitar. Try to play a G6
instead of the G in the line "So there ain't much ...". That sounds pretty
cool. Also try to play a D9 instead of the D in some parts of the song, so
it doesn't sound the same all the time.
The Intro- and Outro Part : |D9- - -|D9 - D| can be picked something
like that :
Hammer
/\
e |0-----------|0-----0-2---|
b |3--3--------|3--3----3---|
g |2-----2-----|2-------2---|
D |0-----------|0-------0---|
E |------------|------------|
A |------------|------------|