Chords for Arkansas Oil Worker Gets Chance To Sing On National Radio

He's dead.
It's not going to happen.
[G#m] He [C#] likes _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
his coffee black first [C#m] thing in the morning.
[F#] Cup or two [C#m] usually gets him going.
But he puts on his boots and cranks [F#] up that old [C#m] 79. _ _
[A#] _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ Weatherman says [C#m] there's a storm on [F#] him.
He pulls down his hat [C#] and keeps his wheels rolling.
Chasing the [F#] dreams of a back 40 [C#m] kind of life.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ _ Well, his claim to fame is a last name [F#] on a dead end county road sign.
[C#] He's got cattle stands and a cattle store.
[B] But that suits [F#] him just fine.
[C#m] Making it day to day, working his life away, [F#m] trying to find a little [F#] piece of mind.
[A] Oh, [C#] _ [F#] [C#m] that's his bloodline.
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ [F#] _
[C#] _ _ _ There's a cheer [C#m] on the porch that his granddaddy left him.
Where he sits [F#] and he ponders [C#] on when things were different.
When a man could keep what he [B] earned with a little [C#m] help from above.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
It's getting harder to make [C#m] ends meet in the middle [C#] of selling his life away.
Little by little, there's something [F#] inside him that says, boy, you [C#m] don't ever give up. _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ Cause his claim to fame is a last name [F#] on a dead end county road sign.
[C#] Yeah, he's a dying breed and every day it [D#] seems he's only running [F#] out of time.
[C#] Making it day to day, working his life away, trying [B] to find a [F#] little piece of mind.
[A] Oh, [G#] _ [F#] but that's [C#] his bloodline.
[G#m] Yeah, [B] he gets kind of tough [F#] sometimes around that [C#] blue collar.
_ _ [B] Holding on to his [F#] dreams and chasing down [G#] another dollar.
_ [C#] But his claim to fame is a last name on a [B] dead end [F#] county road sign.
[C#m] And when he's dead and gone, he's got to carry on [F#] in the ones he's got to leave behind.
[C#m] Making it day to day, working his life away, [B] trying to [F#] find a little piece of mind.
[A]
Oh, [G#] [F#] but [C#m] that's his bloodline.
[A] Till he's carved on [B] a stone all alone beneath [G#] a Georgia pine.
_ [F] [C#m] That's his bloodline.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
Come [Fm] on with that!
Come [B] on with that!
[N] Holy cow!
Man!
If you saw him out, Brian, and said, hey, Brian, give me some advice, what do I need to do?
Should I keep playing?
Should I move to Nashville?
What would you tell him?
Well, I mean, you live in Arkansas.
Yes, sir.
Well, if I met somebody in town, if you lived here, I would say, what are you doing?
Let's hook up with the right people, put them in the right rooms with writers,
put a piece of, you know, a producer around you, all that kind of stuff.
Christian knows, without a song, you're just a singer.
You think he's good enough to actually start to build around, though?
Yes.
Yes, that's it.
He wouldn't just say that.
I'm telling you, he wouldn't just say that.
Let's go to Lauren Thomas.
Now, Lauren, you have the artists and they're packaged,
and you take them out and you sell them to people.
You say, hey, trust me, they're good.
Yes.
Now, you hear Heath sing.
What do you think?
Man, instantly I thought that song sounded familiar, which it's not, I mean, I'm not saying that your voice sounds like anyone else,
but that's something that radio looks for, something that, you know, people can connect with,
and I think that that was really, really great.
I think you have an awesome, awesome range,
and I would love to bring you around to a few people in our building.
What?
Yeah!
Christian's done it all on all sides, from producing to being a Grammy-winning performer.
Christian is just the man.
So, Christian, I'm coming to you last.
Give me your thoughts.
_ You definitely need to do this.
Wow.
If you've got the courage for it, you should do this for a living.
Now, it's going to, you know, it's not as easy as it probably, and these guys are telling you the truth,
but to get in a room with these two people to my right and left, that's not easy, and you just got it.
So, I would just say take this exact opportunity that you're sitting in right in this moment,
and this is way past entertainment, this is me just talking to you across the table, do this.
If it doesn't work out in five, six months, fine.
Go do something else, but it would be a disservice to your voice not to do this,
because part of this is about writing songs.
Because if you don't tell the truth, it doesn't matter.
None of it matters.
No matter how well you sing, no matter what you look like, you know, none of that matters.
But it sounds like you've got something to say, and that's worth it,
because there's somebody out there listening who needs you to say it to them.
Your voice will translate it, but it sounds like your words will.
Thanks, Christian.
He said it!
Come on, Christian Bush!
Heath, you just played.
You have three people that pretty much run the town musically, giving you advice.
How do you feel right now?
Just in awe, genuinely.
I mean, [E]
I'm kind of speechless, to be honest with you.
I mean, this has been such a crazy, you know, ride.
I mean, five months ago, when I played a little bar in the middle of nowhere, I never imagined I'd be here.
Like, this is just insane, man.
And I appreciate you having me, man.
Like, it's_
we're going to have to medicate my mom.
_ I'm going to send you a bill for my mom's medication.
She's going to lose her mind. _ _