I Wrote The Book

Capo: 2nd fret Intro C Cmaj7 C F Fmaj7 F Verse C When it comes to hitchin' the boat up Cmaj7 C Backin' down the ramp in my old truck F Fmaj7 To find a bunch of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs F C Yeah, I wrote the book, yeah, I wrote the book C If you wanna learn to throw a curve right Catch a clean up lookin' on a third strike F Fmaj7 Talk a little smack while he's walkin' back F Yeah, I wrote the book Chorus C But there's one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand C One that says don't cuss and don't fight F Fmaj7 Or let the bottle turn you into a different man F C But damn if I don't do it every Friday night C Those get you into Heaven letters in red C F Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say C C That's one book I didn't write Verse C I met a good girl, she had her life straight She said she loved that I was good at everything F One day she left me in a cloud of dust 'Cause I never was too good at pickin' up Chorus C The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand C One that says don't cuss and don't fight F Or let the bottle turn you into a different man C But damn if I don't do it every Friday night C Those get you into Heaven letters in red C F Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say C That's one book I didn't write [Instrumental] C C F F [Break] C Yeah, the good Lord knows I need it Fmaj7 F I didn't write it, but I probably oughta read it Chorus C The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand C One that says don't cuss and don't fight F Or let the bottle turn you into a different man C But damn if I don't do it every Friday night C Those get you into Heaven letters in red C F Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say C C That's one book I didn't write Outro Fmaj7 F That's one book I didn't write C That is one book I didn't write