23 Chords by Chayce Beckham

[Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Simple as my mama said [Bb] when I was very [Fm] young
[Eb] She told me not to worry son, [Bb] one day you'll be [Fm] someone
[Cm] Here [Eb] I am at 21, [Bb] loaded as a [Fm] stagecoach shotgun
[Eb] I'm sorry mama, please don't look [Bb] at me
[Fm] _ _ _ [Gb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] When I got to Oklahoma [Eb] I was 17
My [Bb] papa taught me how to work [Ab] and lord he [Eb] was mean
Working all day in that August heat
[Bb] And he taught me how to fish, [Fm] my uncle taught me how to drink
Well _ _ _ [Cm] I went [Eb] to California and I had me a band
[Bb] And we played in all the bars [Ab] in all the southern lands
[Eb] We played all night and we drank for free
[Bb] All of my [Ab] boys and me
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] Now [Eb] I'm 23 [Bb] and there ain't nobody [Fm] who can drink like [Cm] me
Soon [Eb] I'll be 24 [Bb] and the lord knows that [F] I can't [Fm] drink no [Cm] more
I [D] know I [Eb] should have taken it [Bb] slow
It's not the way [Fm] that my life [Cm] goes
_ [Eb] Now [Bb] I know
[F] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ When [C] you're passed [Eb] out on [Bb] the floor
[Fm] You're sober by [Cm] 24
[Eb]
Well _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] I had [Eb] a girl who loved me the whole damn [Bb] time
And I drank my [Cm] whiskey and she drank wine
Soon my [Eb] bottle was too much to [Bb] come for me
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] And we'd sit on the [Eb] river and we'd fish all day
[Bb] And we'd drive across the [Cm] country and let the radio play
Seven damn [Eb] years I never thought I'd [Bb] see you leave _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F] _ [Cm] _
Now [Eb] I'm 23 [Bb] and there ain't [F] nobody who can drink like [Cm] me
Soon [Eb] I'll be 24 [Bb] and the lord knows [F] that I can't drink no [Cm] more
I know [Eb] I should have taken it [Bb] slow
It's not the [Fm] way that my life [Cm] goes
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] Lord I know
[F] _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ When [Cm] you're passed [Eb] out on [Bb] the floor
[Fm] You're sober by [Cm] 24 _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] Simple _ [Cm] _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] as my mama said [Bb] when I was very [Fm] young
[Cm] She told me not [Eb] to worry son, [Gm] one day you'll be [Fm] someone
_ [Cm] Here I [Eb] am at 21, [Gm] loaded as a [Fm] stagecoach shotgun
[Cm] Sorry [Eb] mama, please [Bb] don't look at me
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _