Chords for Ronnie Dunn - Cost Of Livin'

About three months ago they announced they're closing it down.
It's been here since 1969 and
It's kind of been on shaky grounds the last few years
About 2,000 people gonna be out of work, and this is a small town
It's probably have a ripple effect and dry the whole town up.
We get to talk to people today
We'll know more about what's going on.
I'm [F#] Tony Bryant, and [Em] I've worked at this tire plant for
13 [F#] years in May [A] and today is my last day
Cleaned out my locker, throw those steel-toed shoes away
[E] _ _ Everything to know about me [F#m] is written on this page
[A] Number you can reach me [E] my social and my age
Yes, I served in the army
[F#m] Where I learned to shoot
[A] 18 months in the desert
[E] Pouring sand out of my boots
[F#m] No, I've never been convicted [A] of a crime
_ [F#m] I could start this job at [A] any time
I [E] got a strong back, steel toes
[F#m] Rarely call in sick
[A] A good truck, what I don't know
[E] I catch on real quick.
I work weekends if I have to
[F#m] nights and holidays
[A] Give you 40 and then some
[E] Whatever it takes
[F#m] three dollars and change [A] at the pump
_ _ [F#m] cost of living's [A] high
Going [E] on.
We went to work that day
There it was.
[F#m] They're closing the plant _ _
[A] _ Scared, you know, you think about [E] your kids, you know, what are they gonna do?
What are we gonna do?
I put Robert down as a reference
[F#m] He's known me all my life
[A] We attend the same church.
[E] He introduced me to my wife
Gave my last job everything
[F#m] Before it headed south
[A] Took the shoes off of my children's feet, [E] the food out of their mouths [F#m] yesterday
My folks offered [A] to help _ _
[F#m] But they're barely getting by [A] themselves
I got [E] a strong back steel toes
[F#m] Rarely call in sick [A] a good truck what I don't know [E] I
Catch on real quick.
I work weekends if I have to
[F#m] nights and holidays
Give [A] you 40 and then some
[E] Whatever it takes [F#m] three dollars
And change [A] at the pump _ _
[F#m] cost of living's [A] high
Cost of living [E] is high
And where I sit it's gonna get higher.
[F#m] I'm sure a hundred others [E] have applied _ _ _
[F#m] Rumor has it you're only taking [A] five.
[E] I got a strong back steel toes
[F#m] Handy with a wrench
[A] Nothing I can't drive
[E] Nothing I can't fix I work sun up
To sundown ain't [F#m] too proud to sweep the floors
[A] Bank you started calling and [E] the wolves are at my door
[F#m] three dollars
and change [A] at the pump _ _
[F#m] cost of living's [A] high
_ Going [E] up.
I really don't know what I'm gonna do
I've got I've got two boys [F#m] and one of them's fixing to go off to college and
[A] It's gonna be a real eye-opener for people
Once this plants [E] gone _ _ _ _
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