Chords for Gettin' Tough - Steve Earle - Lyal Strickland cover

_ _ [Ebm] I'm [E] taking care of that one.
_ [Bb] _
[F] I don't know if she can use that sunset in there.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _
Good?
Uh huh. _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] I'm just gonna hold still and do the [Bb] best I can.
_ It's getting tough, _ just my luck.
_ I was born in the land of pen and iron, there [F] ain't enough.
_ [Bb] It's getting [G] cold,
[Bb] up and told, yeah.
[F] Hell, nowadays I just don't pay to be [Bb] a good old boy.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've been going lower down the wrong way track.
Kid leave it, but there's no turning [Ab] back.
I've got the wild men and kids who want what [Bb] everybody say.
_ _ My brother's standing in the welfare line.
Any minute now I might get [Ab] mine.
Meanwhile it's all rest in the [Bb] devil's vein.
_ _ It's getting tough, just my luck.
_ I was born in the land of pen and iron,
there [F] ain't enough.
_ [Bb] It's getting cold, _
[F] up and told, [Bb] yeah.
Hell, nowadays I [F] just don't pay to be a [Bb] good old boy.
_ Alright. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I hit the [F] beach once every Friday [Eb] night.
Spend a little [F] money looking for a [Eb] fight.
It don't [F] matter if I lose or [Eb] win, cause Monday I'm back on for losing [F] hands. _ _
[Bb] It's getting tough,
_ [F] just my luck.
[Bb] _
I was born in the land of pen and iron, [F] there ain't enough. _
[Fm] It's getting [G] cold,
[Ab] up and told, [Bb] yeah.
[Eb] Hell, nowadays I just don't [G] pay to be a good old boy.
[Bb] _
[C] Alright.
_ [G] _ Oh no no. _ _
[Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _