Chords for Steve Earle - "Good Ol' Boy (Getting' Tough)" [Live from Austin, TX]

Tempo:
127.5 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Eb

Ab

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Steve Earle - "Good Ol' Boy (Getting' Tough)" [Live from Austin, TX] chords
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[E] [Bb]
I got a job but it ain't nearly enough.
A $20,000 pickup truck [Ab] belongs to me and my bank.
Some funny-talking man from [Bb] Iran.
I left the service, got a GI loan.
I got married by myself, a home [Ab] now.
I hang around this one-house town and do the best [Bb] that I can.
I'm getting [F] tough, [Eb] [Bb] just my [F] luck.
[Eb] [Bb] I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain and [F] dust.
[Bb] Here we come, [F] [Bb] I've been [F] tough.
[Bb] The [Eb] weather nowadays is just [F] so pretty to feel good [Bb] about.
[Eb] [Bb]
[F] [Eb] [Bb]
I ain't going nowhere, not a one-way track.
I could leave it but ain't no turning back.
I got [Ab] a wife and the kids and what will everybody [Bb]
say?
My brother's standing on the welfare line.
And any minute now I might get mine.
[Ab] But meanwhile it's the IRS saying the devil [Bb] to pay.
I'm getting tough, [F] [Eb] [Bb] just my [F] luck.
[Eb] [Bb] I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain and [F] dust.
Here we come, [Bb]
[F] [Eb] [Bb] I've been [F] tough.
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] The weather nowadays is just [F] so pretty to feel good [Bb] about.
[Eb]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] Yeah, I used to be gone [F] every Friday [Bb] night.
[Eb]
Getting a little money, [F] looking for [Bb] a ride.
[Eb]
It don't matter [F] if we lose [Bb] or win.
[Eb]
One day I'm back on the losing end [F]
again.
Getting [Bb]
tough, [F] [Bb] just my luck.
I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain [F] and dust.
Here [Bb] we come, [F] [Bb] I've been [F] tough.
[Bb] The weather [Eb]
nowadays is just so [F] pretty to feel good about.
[Bb]
I'm getting tough, [F]
[Bb] just my [F] luck.
[Bb]
I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain and [F] dust.
[Bb] Here we come, [F] [Bb]
I've been [F] tough.
[Bb]
The weather [Eb] nowadays is just [F] so pretty to feel good [Bb] about.
[F] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Gb]
[N]
[Em]
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F
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Eb
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Ab
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E
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Bb
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F
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Eb
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_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
got a job but it ain't nearly enough.
A $20,000 pickup truck [Ab] belongs to me and my bank.
Some funny-talking man from [Bb] Iran.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I left the service, got a GI loan. _
I got married by myself, a home [Ab] now.
I hang around this one-house town and do the best [Bb] that I can.
_ _ _ _ I'm getting [F] tough, _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] just my [F] luck.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain and [F] dust.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Here we come, [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ I've been [F] tough.
_ _ _ [Bb] The [Eb] weather nowadays is just [F] so pretty to feel good [Bb] about.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
I ain't going nowhere, not a one-way track.
I could leave it but ain't no turning back.
I got [Ab] a wife and the kids and what will everybody _ [Bb]
say? _ _ _ _ _ _
My brother's standing on the welfare line.
And any minute now I might get mine.
[Ab] But meanwhile it's the IRS saying the devil [Bb] to pay.
_ _ _ _ _ I'm getting tough, [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] just my [F] luck.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain and [F] dust.
Here we come, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ I've been [F] tough.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] The weather nowadays is just [F] so pretty to feel good [Bb] about.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Yeah, I used to be gone [F] every Friday [Bb] night.
[Eb]
Getting a little money, [F] looking for [Bb] a ride.
_ [Eb] _
It don't matter [F] if we lose [Bb] or win.
[Eb] _
One day I'm back on the losing end [F]
again.
Getting _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
tough, [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ just my luck.
_ _ _ _ I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain [F] and dust.
_ _ _ _ Here [Bb] we come, [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ I've been [F] tough.
_ _ [Bb] _ The weather [Eb]
nowadays is just so [F] pretty to feel good about.
[Bb]
I'm getting tough, [F] _ _ _
[Bb] _ just my [F] luck.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ I was born in a land of plenty, not the rain and [F] dust. _ _ _
_ [Bb] Here we come, [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ I've been [F] tough.
_ _ [Bb] _
The weather [Eb] nowadays is just [F] so pretty to feel good [Bb] about.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _

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