Big Matt - Long Road Chords

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_ [G] Growing up, I've seen a lot of things in life.
[A]
I've seen [Em] the good, I've seen the bad, I've seen the happy, and I've seen the sad.
_ [G] _ _ But through it all, [A] _
[E] I'm just blessed to be alive, man.
[Em] Now I've been riding down these [G] roads looking for some peace of mind, steady [A] thinking about
[Em] my future and what would take for me to shine.
I ain't looking for no friends [G] and I ain't looking for no pity.
[A] Trusting no one but [Em] my family and my dogs is riding with me.
Now these times are looking [G] lower and the road is looking grumpy.
Ain't [B] no faking, ain't [E] no flopping.
I was raised by the [Em] country, carried weight upon my [G] shoulders, and it's been a heavy load.
I [Em] done came a long way looking back.
It's been a long road.
_ _ [G] _ Said it's been a long [A]
road.
_ [E] _ _ It's been a long [Em] road.
_ [G] _ Said it's been a long [A]
road.
_ [E] _ _ _ I was born [Em] in the 80s, raised [G] in the 90s.
Bluebird here, brother, that's where you find [A] me.
I ain't worried [Em] about no haters.
I got my dogs behind me.
Growing up, I didn't [G] have it all, but I thank God that I had plenty.
[E]
22, yeah, that's a blessing, because Big Mac wasn't supposed to see 20.
Life [Em] in the 60s was all [G] that I know.
Straight from the rip, that was where I called home.
[B]
Grew up [Em] with a mom and dad who gave me a place I could call my own.
Trying to get my soul [G] in check, because, dog, we living in evil [A] days.
Mama told me, watch [E] the boys, because most of the boys got evil ways.
[Em] That's why lately I've [G] been solo, because nowadays they be on them no [A]-nos.
One day [Em] they show you love, and the next day they will gossip like homos.
But it is what it is.
[G] I guess you make mistakes.
You live and learn.
[A] Things don't come [Em] on silver platter, because they miss like good things are earned.
We was taught to [G] work hard, and you had no time for [A] slack.
So love [E] to our brothers and sisters, and give the shirts off our backs.
[Em] I try to stay [G] in church.
Lord knows I'm far from [A] perfect.
I know God's got [E] a purpose.
He didn't send me to be worthless.
Now I've been [Em] riding down these [G] roads, looking for some peace of mind.
Instead [A] of thinking about [Em] my future and what would take for me to shine.
I ain't looking for no [G] prison.
I ain't looking for no pity.
[Em] Trusting no one but my family, and my daughters riding with me.
Now it's time to look in the [G] mirror, and the road is looking bumpy.
Ain't [A] no faking, ain't [E] no flaws, and I was raised by the country.
Carried weight [Em] upon my [G] shoulders, and it's been a heavy load.
I [A] done came a [Em] long way, looking back, it's been a long road.
_ [G] _ Said it's been a long [A]
road.
_ _ [Em] _ It's been a long road.
_ _ [G] _ Said it's been a long [A]
road.
_ [E] _ _ _ Now I done seen [Em] the good, and I've seen [G] the bad.
Seen the happy, seen the sad.
[A] Used to [E] always wonder if I'd ever meet the dreams I had.
Before [Em] the mics and the [G] keyboards, all we had was paper [A] quarters.
Dropped out [E] of school at 18, we wasn't good with taking orders.
It seemed [Em] we couldn't do [G] nothing right.
We always had the battle of.
[B] No [E] one understood our hearts, all we ever had [Em] was us.
Everybody was doing their work [G] while me and my brother was making [A] beats.
Till I [E] finally left that school, because I couldn't take [Em] the heat.
Now that I'm in [G] music, seem like nobody wanna see me [A] shine.
But it ain't [E] no pain to me.
I'm telling all haters, catch up with [G] your kind.
[Em] Cause my kind, they love [G] the fish.
My kind, they love to hunt.
[A]
Meanwhile, them boys [E] ain't keeping it real.
They just love [Em] to front.
I learned their friends come and go.
[G] But family lasts a lifetime.
[A] My soul is full of hurt.
[E] That's why I pick up the pen and write rhymes.
We dropped [Em] a couple of tracks [G] next thing you know, they was all abandoned.
[A]
People tried to bring me down, but [Em] they fell, dog, and I'm still standing.
So I've been riding down these [G] roads, looking for some peace of mind.
Instead [A] of thinking about [Em] my future and what it would take for me to shine.
Now I ain't looking for no [G] friends.
And I ain't looking for no pity.
[A] Trusting no one but [E] my family and my dogs that's riding with me.
Now these [Em] times are looking lower than [G] the road is looking bumpy.
Ain't [A] no faking, ain't [Em] no flogging.
I was raised by the country, carried weight upon my [G] shoulders.
And it's been a heavy load.
[E] I done came a long way.
Looking back, it's been a long [Em] road.
_ [G] _ _ Saying it's been a long [A] _
road.
_ [Em] _ It's been a long road.
_ _ [G] _ _ Saying it's been a long [A]
road.
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