C G7 C
I was raised on cornbread and gravy
G7 C G7
And I slept in a cardboard box till I was nearly three
C G7 C G7
I bathed myself in the muddy river running by our shack
C F C G7 C
By the time that I had reached thirteen I'd been through hell and back
F G7
I've been thrown from pillar to post
F C
I've been banged around and scarred
F
I've done so much I've seen so much
C G7 C
And I've lived so fast and hard
G7 C G7
Mama died when I was young and I never knew my dad
C G7 C G7 C
I never had the love and care that other children had
G7 C G7
I spent five years in an orphan's home but I ran off one day
C F C G7 C
And I hoboed an old freight train to San Francisco Bay
F G7
I've fought in the war I've been in jail
F C
There ain't much I ain't done
F
I'd lived as much as any man
C G7 C
Before I was twenty one
F G7
I've been thrown from pillar to post
F C
I've been banged around and scarred
F
I've done so much I've seen so much
C G7 C
And I've lived so fast and hard