Intro: G Am7 C G G Am7 C G
verse 1
G Am7
I put a fishing rod by your bed
C G
Right next to a bible
G Am7
I leaned a guitar in the corner of your room
C G
With some Milsap on vinyl
G Am7 C G
I figured the best thing I could do was put a thing or two
G Am7 C G
And that it wouldn't hurt to have in your way, on your path
G Am7
Hoping you might pick it up one day
C G
And you might learn a couple pretty cool things
G Am7
That I love to do
C G
Then you can take it and spin it, and fit it to you
G Am7
I don't know what you gonna be
C G
But I hope you smile when you think of me
G
Cause I helped make you
Am7 C
But I didn't ever try to make you pick it up
G Am7 C G
You just pick it up, pick it up
verse 2
G Am7
Early to rise, headin' to work
C G
Open the door for a stranger
G Am7
Yes sir, yes Mama, red dirt on my hands
C
Showing you the best way I can
G Am7
Hoping you might pick it up one day
C G
And you might learn a couple pretty cool things
G Am7
That I love to do
C G
Then you can take it and spin it, and fit it to you
G Am7
I don't know what you gonna be
C G
But I hope you smile when you think of me
G
Cause I helped make you
Am7 C
But I didn't ever try to make you pick it up
You just pick it up
Solo: G Am7 C G G Am7 C G
Bridge
G Am7
Dancing and kissing your Mama in the kitchen
C
Treatin' her like a princess
G Am7
Hoping you might pick it up one day
C G
And you might learn a couple pretty cool things
G Am7
That I love to do
C G
Then you can take it and spin it, and fit it to you
G Am7
I don't know what you gonna be
C G
But I hope you smile when you think of me
G
Cause I helped make you
Am7 C
But I didn't ever try to make you pick it up
G Am7 C G
You just pick it up, pick it up