Enough Rope

Chords

Low-G Tuning

VERSE 1

     C              G           C                G
Well I work for the city in the town where I grew up.
C                 G       Em                C
Some days I run a backhoe some days I run a dump.
                G           C          G
If I had other plans on my graduation day,
C                  G              Em            C
Then several years ago I guess I hauled 'em all away.
                       G

Yeah I hauled 'em all away.


VERSE 2

     C              G           C                G
She told me she was pregnant on the day I turned 18.
C                 G             Em             C
I did what your supposed to do. I bought her a ring.
                   G          C           G
He didn't have to ask us, but he asked us anyway.
C                 G                 Em                C
We stood up and said, “I do.” what else were we gonna say?
                        G
What else were we gonna say?


CHORUS

           D
Well I'm thankful for the things I have,
    Em                C
And all the things I don't.
 D
I've got dreams that will come true,
    Em                 C
And I've got some that won't.
D                                   Em          C
Most the time I just walk the line wherever it goes.
      G         D                C                    G
'Cuz you can't hang yourself if you ain't got enough rope.

VERSE 3

     C         G       C                G
My boss man is mad. I did just what he asked.
  C                     G                Em               C
I mowed the courthouse lawn watched the prisoners walkin' past
                 G        C                  G
I'm happy to be working, instead of wearin' chains.
C               G           Em               C
Like my cousin Willy, he's locked up in the grange.
                       G
He's locked up in the grange.

CHORUS
           D
But I'm thankful for the things I have,
    Em                C
And all the things I don't.
 D
I've got dreams that will come true,
     Em             C
I've got some that won't.
D                                   Em          C
Most the time I just walk the line wherever it goes.
      G         D                C                    G
'Cuz you can't hang yourself if you ain't got enough rope.

VERSE 4

             C              G        C                G
There's a tavern down the highway, I go to drink some beers.
     C                 G          Em             C
And wash down all I'm missin' by hangin' around here.
                          G             C              G
Then I drive back to the trailer; I'll makeup with my wife.
  C                 G              Em              C
I kiss my sleeping children, and I get on with my life.
                       G
Yeah I get on with my life.