INTRO:G D Cadd9 G
G D Cadd9 Cadd9
G D Cadd9 G
G D Cadd9 Cadd9
VERSE 1
G D Cadd9 G
Well once I met a rich man I was just seventeen
G D Cadd9 G
Said mister howd ya do it you were born a pourman you´re not too different than me
Em D Cadd9
He said son you´ve got to work hard all your life
Em G Cadd9
Then the good luck will hit you right between the eyes
G D Em Cadd9
It takes some duct tape and some fishin´ line cross your fingers for the first time
G D
Kick off the ground think you´re doin´ good
Cadd9 D G
And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
VERSE 2
G D Cadd9 G
I said I got a good job in a rock and roll band playin´ my guitar
G D Cadd9 G
Got an old pa and a rusted out van I think well go real far
Em D Cadd9
He said whoa now son you´re talking bout a differet kinda life
Em G Cadd9
But who knows the good luck could hit you right between the eyes
G D Em Cadd9
It takes some duct tape and some fishin´ line cross your fingers for the first time
G D
Kick off the ground think you´re doin´ good
Cadd9 D G
And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
SOLO (play INTRO and hold on G till next verse)
VERSE 3
G D Cadd9 G
The moral of the story will always ring true wherever your path may lead
G D Cadd9 G
A rich man, a poor man, a writer of the song, a boy of seventeen
FINAL Chorus
G D Em Cadd9
It takes some duct tape and some fishin´ line cross your fingers for the first time
G D
Kick off the ground think you´re doin´ good
G D Em Cadd9
It takes some duct tape and some fishin´ line cross your fingers for the very last time
G D
Kick off the ground think you´re doin´ good
Cadd9 D G
And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
Cadd9 D G
And when it all comes crashing down you did the best you could
(Hold on G till the end)