Chords for I Wrote The Book
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When it comes to hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs, yeah I wrote the book, yeah I wrote the book.
If you want to learn to throw a curve right, catch a clean up looking on a third strike,
talk a little smack, while he's walking back, yeah I wrote the book.
But there's one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and
don't fight, [G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it
[D] every Friday night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to
keep me on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one
book [D] I didn't write.
I met a good girl, she had her life straight, she said she loved that I was good at everything,
one day she left me in a cloud [G] of dust, cause I never was too good at [D] picking up.
The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight,
[G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday
night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me
on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I [D] didn't write.
[D]
[Bm] Yeah the [D] good Lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
[D] The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight, or
let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me on [G] a straight
line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [E] book I [D] didn't write.
That's one book I didn't write.
[G] That's one book I didn't [D] write.
When it comes to hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs, yeah I wrote the book, yeah I wrote the book.
If you want to learn to throw a curve right, catch a clean up looking on a third strike,
talk a little smack, while he's walking back, yeah I wrote the book.
But there's one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and
don't fight, [G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it
[D] every Friday night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to
keep me on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one
book [D] I didn't write.
I met a good girl, she had her life straight, she said she loved that I was good at everything,
one day she left me in a cloud [G] of dust, cause I never was too good at [D] picking up.
The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight,
[G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday
night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me
on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I [D] didn't write.
[D]
[Bm] Yeah the [D] good Lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
[D] The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight, or
let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me on [G] a straight
line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [E] book I [D] didn't write.
That's one book I didn't write.
[G] That's one book I didn't [D] write.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ When it comes to hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs, yeah I wrote the book, yeah I wrote the book.
If you want to learn to throw a curve right, catch a clean up looking on a third strike,
talk a little smack, while he's walking back, yeah I wrote the book.
But there's one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and
don't fight, [G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it
[D] every Friday night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to
keep me on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one
book [D] I didn't write. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I met a good girl, she had her life straight, she said she loved that I was good at everything,
one day she left me in a cloud [G] of dust, cause I never was too good at [D] picking up.
The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight,
[G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday
night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me
on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I [D] didn't write. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Yeah the [D] good Lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
_ [D] The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight, or
let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me on [G] a straight
line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [E] book I [D] didn't write. _
_ _ _ _ That's one book I didn't write.
_ _ [G] _ _ That's one book I didn't [D] write. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When it comes to hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs, yeah I wrote the book, yeah I wrote the book.
If you want to learn to throw a curve right, catch a clean up looking on a third strike,
talk a little smack, while he's walking back, yeah I wrote the book.
But there's one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and
don't fight, [G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it
[D] every Friday night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to
keep me on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one
book [D] I didn't write. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I met a good girl, she had her life straight, she said she loved that I was good at everything,
one day she left me in a cloud [G] of dust, cause I never was too good at [D] picking up.
The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight,
[G] or let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday
night, those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me
on a [G] straight line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I [D] didn't write. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Yeah the [D] good Lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
_ [D] The one that lives by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cuss and don't fight, or
let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it [D] every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, ain't getting mad enough to keep me on [G] a straight
line, I'm a deck of all trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [E] book I [D] didn't write. _
_ _ _ _ That's one book I didn't write.
_ _ [G] _ _ That's one book I didn't [D] write. _ _ _ _