Chords for That's Why I Sing This Way

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My mama used to tell me, son, you better get your work done, your daddy's coming [F] home at five.
And if you ain't all through with the chores you gotta do, boy, I'm gonna tell [Bb] you a lie.
I was glued to the radio list until my hero sang him sad [Eb] old songs. _
Sangin' them [Bb] sadder than a one-car [F]-fueled boat, nobody _ sings [Bb] like y'all. _
_ _ [Eb] I'd take that old kitchen broom up to my room and I'd play it like an old guitar.
_ [C] Or sit out on the porch, find a song like yours, [F] dreamin' of [Fm] becoming a star.
_ [Bb] Well, things I never did when I was just a kid made me what I [Eb] am today.
You see, mama used to whoop me with [Bb] a George Jones [C] album, that's why I sang [Bb] this way.
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[Bb] _ _ So I ended up in Nashville workin' at a sawmill just to be [F] close to the star.
I got a little broke but I couldn't ask my folks so I had to hawk my [Bb] old guitar.
[G] I [Bb] still hang around Tootsie's Orchid Lounge thinkin' [C] he'll walk [Eb] through that door.
But a voice in my mind [Bb] said, you're wastin' your time [F] cause George don't drink [Bb]
no more.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] I used to take that old broom up to my [Bb] room and I'd play it like an old guitar.
_ [C] Or sit out on the porch, find a song like [F] yours, dreamin' of becoming a [Fm] star.
_ [Bb] Well, things I never did when I was just a kid made me what I [Eb] am [Bbm] today.
[Eb] You see, mama used to whoop [Bb] me with a George Jones [F] album, [F] that's why I sang [Bb] this way.
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_ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] Well, things I never did when I was just a kid made me what I [Eb] am today.
You see, mama used to whoop me [Bb] with a George Jones [F] album, that's why I sang [Bb] this way.
_ [Eb] Mama used to whoop me [Bb] with a George Jones [F] album, that's why I [C] sang [Bb] this way. _ _
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