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 [D] hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of lobs, to catch a bunch of hobs, 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 lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't
[G] fight, well 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, they get mad enough to keep me on
the [G] straight line, I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [D] book 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 of [G] dust, cause I never was too good at picking [D] up.
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
[G] well let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do [D] it every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me on the straight [G] line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I didn't [D] write.
Yeah the good lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
[D] The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
well let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it every [D] Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me [G] on the straight line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book [D] I didn't write.
That's one book [G] I didn't [D] write.
[G]
That's one book I didn't [D] write.
When it comes to [D] hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of lobs, to catch a bunch of hobs, 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 lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't
[G] fight, well 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, they get mad enough to keep me on
the [G] straight line, I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [D] book 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 of [G] dust, cause I never was too good at picking [D] up.
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
[G] well let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do [D] it every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me on the straight [G] line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I didn't [D] write.
Yeah the good lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
[D] The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
well let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it every [D] Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me [G] on the straight line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book [D] I didn't write.
That's one book [G] I didn't [D] write.
[G]
That's one book I didn't [D] write.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ When it comes to [D] hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of lobs, to catch a bunch of hobs, 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 lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't
[G] fight, well 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, they get mad enough to keep me on
the [G] straight line, I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [D] book I didn't write. _ _
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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 of [G] dust, cause I never was too good at picking [D] up.
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
[G] well let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do [D] it every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me on the straight [G] line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I didn't [D] write. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah the good lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
_ _ [D] The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
well let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it every [D] Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me [G] on the straight line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book [D] I didn't write. _
_ _ _ _ _ That's one book [G] I didn't [D] write.
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That's one book I didn't [D] write. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ When it comes to [D] hitching the boat up, backing down the ramp in my old truck, to find a bunch
of lobs, to catch a bunch of hobs, 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 lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't
[G] fight, well 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, they get mad enough to keep me on
the [G] straight line, I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one [D] book 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 of [G] dust, cause I never was too good at picking [D] up.
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
[G] well let the bottle turn you into a different man, but damn if I don't do [D] it every Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me on the straight [G] line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book I didn't [D] write. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah the good lord knows I need it, I [G] didn't write it but I probably ought to read it.
_ _ [D] The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand, one that says don't cut and don't fight,
well let the bottle turn you into a [G] different man, but damn if I don't do it every [D] Friday night,
those get you in the heaven letters in red, they get mad enough to keep me [G] on the straight line,
I'm a deck of lost trades, but man I gotta say, that's one book [D] I didn't write. _
_ _ _ _ _ That's one book [G] I didn't [D] write.
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That's one book I didn't [D] write. _ _ _