Chords for Trace Adkins - Tough People Do
Tempo:
69.85 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
F
Gm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Back in 39 she was 26, the wife of a soldier trying to raise four kids.
down milk, [Bb] trying to keep them all warm with a patchwork quilt.
[F] about 1945, [Eb] grandma lived to be 92.
[Eb] don't last, [Bb] tough people do.
Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstrap
book and they stay strong and they keep on fighting like they don't know how to [F] lose.
[Bb] people do.
Back in 39 she was 26, the wife of a soldier trying to raise four kids.
down milk, [Bb] trying to keep them all warm with a patchwork quilt.
[F] about 1945, [Eb] grandma lived to be 92.
[Eb] don't last, [Bb] tough people do.
Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstrap
book and they stay strong and they keep on fighting like they don't know how to [F] lose.
[Bb] people do.
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_ _ _ Back in 39 she was 26, _ _ the wife of a soldier trying to raise four kids.
_ _ [Eb] Rashing out beans and watered down milk, _ _ [Bb] trying to keep them all warm with a patchwork quilt.
_ _ [Gm] That great depression ended [F] about 1945, _ [Eb] grandma lived to be 92.
_ _ _ [C] _ Tough times [Eb] don't last, _ [Bb] tough people do. _ _
Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstrap
when they hit hard book and they stay strong and they keep on fighting like they don't know how to [F] lose.
Tough times [Eb] don't last, tough [Bb] people do. _ _ _ _
Those talking heads on CNN _ _ _
say we'll never get out of this hole we're in. _ _
[Eb] Price of gas is up and the market's [Bb] down. _ _
There's a bunch of empty houses in every town. _ _
[Gm] Well I'd interrupt that program with [F] a little
headline of my own.
[Bb] This just in from the old red, white, and blue. _
[C] _ Tough times [Eb] don't last, _
[Bb] tough people do.
_ _ Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstrap when they hit hard book and they
stay strong and they keep on fighting like they don't know how to [F] lose.
Tough times [Eb] don't last,
_ tough [Bb] people do. _
_ _ _ Been out of work since mid-July, _ _ my bank account's about bone dry.
_ _ [Eb] Been looking for a job, no luck so far, _ _ [Bb] but I borrowed a little time [Bb] when I sold my car.
_ _ [Gm] I'll go dig a ditch [F] if that's what [F] it takes, [Bb] maybe somehow or another we'll get through.
_ _ _ [F] _ Tough times [Eb] don't last, _ _ [F] _ tough _
[Eb] _ _ _ people _ _ _
[Bb] do. _ _ _ _ _
Tough people do, _ _ like me and you. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Back in 39 she was 26, _ _ the wife of a soldier trying to raise four kids.
_ _ [Eb] Rashing out beans and watered down milk, _ _ [Bb] trying to keep them all warm with a patchwork quilt.
_ _ [Gm] That great depression ended [F] about 1945, _ [Eb] grandma lived to be 92.
_ _ _ [C] _ Tough times [Eb] don't last, _ [Bb] tough people do. _ _
Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstrap
when they hit hard book and they stay strong and they keep on fighting like they don't know how to [F] lose.
Tough times [Eb] don't last, tough [Bb] people do. _ _ _ _
Those talking heads on CNN _ _ _
say we'll never get out of this hole we're in. _ _
[Eb] Price of gas is up and the market's [Bb] down. _ _
There's a bunch of empty houses in every town. _ _
[Gm] Well I'd interrupt that program with [F] a little
headline of my own.
[Bb] This just in from the old red, white, and blue. _
[C] _ Tough times [Eb] don't last, _
[Bb] tough people do.
_ _ Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstrap when they hit hard book and they
stay strong and they keep on fighting like they don't know how to [F] lose.
Tough times [Eb] don't last,
_ tough [Bb] people do. _
_ _ _ Been out of work since mid-July, _ _ my bank account's about bone dry.
_ _ [Eb] Been looking for a job, no luck so far, _ _ [Bb] but I borrowed a little time [Bb] when I sold my car.
_ _ [Gm] I'll go dig a ditch [F] if that's what [F] it takes, [Bb] maybe somehow or another we'll get through.
_ _ _ [F] _ Tough times [Eb] don't last, _ _ [F] _ tough _
[Eb] _ _ _ people _ _ _
[Bb] do. _ _ _ _ _
Tough people do, _ _ like me and you. _ _