Something to Be Proud Of Chords by Montgomery Gentry

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There's a story that my daddy [G] tells _ [C] religiously, like clockwork every time he [G] sees an opening
[C] in a [G] [C] conversation, _ _ [G] _ like the way things used to [C] be.
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I'd just roll my eyes and make a beeline for the door, but I'd always end up starry-eyed,
cross-legged on the floor, [G] hanging on [C] to every word.
_ [G] _ _ Man, the things [C] I heard. _ _ _ _
[G] It was harder times and longer [F] days, five miles to school, uphill both [G] ways.
We were kings which raised the dirt floor [F] poor.
Of course, that was back before the war.
[G] Yeah, your uncle and I made quite a [F] pair, flying F-15s through hostile [C] air.
He went down, but they [G] missed me [F] by a hair. _
He'd always stop right there and [C] say,
That's something to be proud of.
That's [F] a life you can hang your hat [C] on.
Had your chin held high until your hair fell [G] down.
Guts up thin, chest up [C] gaunt like a small-town flag a [F]-flyin'.
Poor newborn baby [C] cryin'.
In the arms of the woman [G] that you love.
That's something [C] to be proud of. _
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_ _ _ As soon as I graduated college, that was Mama's [G] dream.
But [C] I was on my way to anywhere else when I turned [G] 18.
[F] When you got a fast car, _ you [C] think you got everything.
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[C] _ _ _ _ I learned quick those GTOs don't run on faith.
I ended up broken down in some town north of L.A.
[C] Working maximum [G] hours _
[C] _ _ [G] for a [C] minimum wage. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Well, I fell in love next thing I [F] know.
The babies came and the car got [G] slow.
Sure do miss that old hot [F] rod.
Sure save gas in them [C] foreign [G] jobs.
Dad, I wonder if I ever let you [F] down.
If you're [G] ashamed how I turned [C] out.
Well, he lowered his [G] voice, then [F] he raised his brow.
_ Said, let me tell you right now.
[C] That's something to be proud [F] of.
That's a life you can hang your hat on.
[C] You don't need to make a million.
[G] Just be thankful to be working.
[C] You can do with what you're able.
[F] Put the food there on the table.
[C] Everybody for the family [G] that you love.
That's something [F] to be proud of. _ _
And if all you ever really do is the best you can,
[G] _ _ _ well, you did it, man.
[C] That's something to be proud of.
That's a life you [F] can hang your [C] hat on.
That's a chin held high as a tear falls [G] down.
[A] Gut sucked [G] in, just stuck [C] out.
Like a small town flag a [F]-flyin'.
Or a newborn baby [C] cryin'.
In the arms of the woman [G] that you love.
That's something [C] to be proud of.
That's something [F] to be proud of.
That's something [C] to be proud of.
That's something [G] to be proud of.
That's something to be [C] proud of. _ _ _ _ _
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