Chords for Travis Tritt - The blues man

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I'm just a singer _ _ I'm a natural born guitar [Cm] _ ringer
_ _ And I'm kind [F] of a clinger To _ those old George [Bb] Jones songs
_ _ _ I'm not a walk behinder Thanks to you folks I've had gold and platinum
albums I'm a new no [Cm] finder
_ _ [C] But my life [Fm] is a reminder _ [F] Of [Bb] some bad [F] times that are already [Bb] gone
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] When I started heavy drinking And I took [Bbm] things that messed [Cm] up my thinking
_ _ _ [C] And people I was [F] sure were sinking Till all of you [Bb] came along
_ _ _ And I was alone out in these spotlights _ _ _ _ Wasn't [Cm] too much left inside
_ You folks changed [F] all that [Bb] In [F] just one night
_ And you sang [Bb] me this song
_ _ _ You said Travis we love you _ _ _ You said Travis [Cm] we need you
_ _ [Gm] You said Travis you [F] don't have to prove to [Bb] us That you're some kind of macho man
_ You've _ wasted so much of your life _ _ Out running through [Cm] these honky tonk nights
So let us shine [F] some love light Down on you [Bb]
blues man
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_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I've been so sick from speeding _ And doing all that junk they said [Cm] I was needing
_ _ _ If I was going to keep [F] on pleasing _ All [Bb] my country club fans
I've _ [F] been [Bb] arrested on some dirt roads _ And I've been stoned and played a lot of
[Cm] one night shows But you folks came and [F] took all that old
_ _ _ _ [Bb] blues man _ _ And hey people I love you too _
New York City you know I [Cm] still need you _ _ Even though sometimes [F] I still get a little
tired [Bb] From playing all the one night stands _ _
_ Lord I'm thirty years old now _ But my life would [Cm] be oh so cold now
If you folks [F] hadn't hung around With _ this [Bb] blues man
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[Bb] Lord I'm thirty years old now _ But my life would [Cm] be _ over now
If you folks [F] hadn't just stuck it out With this [Bb] blues man
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[B] _ [Bb] Whatever it is you put your mind to doing [Eb] Because _ after [Bb] all
[B] That's all [Eb] anybody can ever ask out of you Is just your best
[Bb] _ I got news for you [Eb] If [Db] your best isn't good enough [Bb] for them
[Bbm] [Bb] You tell them to kiss off [Eb] Treat _
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[D] other [Bb] people the way you'd like to be treated
Remember to take a little [B] bit of time out of [Eb] every single day for just yourself
That's really important [Bb] And do one more thing
_ [Eb] Remember this [Bb] Old Travis loves you
God bless you everybody
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