Enough Rope Chris Knight
Well while I'm banned I may as well do something constructive. So here are the chords
an absolutely fantastic song by Chris Knight. Its very simple and if you want to get an
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VERSE 1
Well [C]I work for the [G]city in the [C]town where I grew[G] up.
[C]Some days I run a [G]backhoe [Em]some days I run a [C]dump.
If I had other p[G]lans on my g[C]raduation d[G]ay,
[C]Then several years [G]ago I guess I h[Em]auled â??em al[C]l away.
[G]
Yeah I hauled â??em all away.
VERSE 2
She t[C]old me she was [G]pregnant on [C]the day I turned [G]18.
[C]I did what your su[G]pposed to do. [Em]I bought her a [C]ring.
He didnâ??t have to[G] ask us, bu[C]t he asked u[G]s anyway.
[C]We stood up and sa[G]id, â??I do.â?? wh[Em]at else were we go[C]nna say?
What else were we gonna [G]say?
CHORUS
Well Iâ??m [D]thankful for the things I have,
And [Em]all the things I d[C]onâ??t.
I[D]â??ve got dreams that will come true,
And [Em]Iâ??ve got some tha[C]t wonâ??t.
[D]Most the time I just walk the line w[Em]herever it g[C]oes.
â??Cuz[G] you canâ?[D]?t hang yourself [C]if you ainâ??t got en[G]ough rope.
VERSE 3
My bo[C]ss man is [G]mad. I d[C]id just what he a[G]sked.
I [C]mowed the courthouse l[G]awn watched the p[Em]risoners walkinâ?[C]? past
Iâ??m happy to be[G] working,[C] instead of wearinâ[G]?? chains.
[C]Like my cousin W[G]illy, heâ??s[Em] locked up in the[C] grange.
Heâ??s locked up in the[G] grange.
CHORUS
But Iâ??m t[D]hankful for the things I have,
And [Em]all the things I d[C]onâ??t.
I[D]â??ve got dreams that will come true,
Iâ??v[Em]e got some that[C] wonâ??t.
[D]Most the time I just walk the line w[Em]herever it g[C]oes.
â??Cuz[G] you canâ?[D]?t hang yourself [C]if you ainâ??t got en[G]ough rope.
VERSE 4
Thereâ??s a t[C]avern down the [G]highway, [C]I go to drink som[G]e beers.
And w[C]ash down all Iâ??m[G] missinâ?? [Em]by hanginâ?? ar[C]ound here.
Then I drive back to the t[G]railer; Iâ??ll[C] makeup with my[G] wife.
I [C]kiss my sleeping c[G]hildren, and I [Em]get on with my l[C]ife.
Yeah I get on with my l[G]ife.
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