I Wrote The Book

[Intro]
F F7M F

[Primeira Parte]
C
When it comes to hitchin' the boat up
C7M C
Backin' down the ramp in my old truck
F F7M
To find a bunch of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs
F C
Yeah, I wrote the book, yeah, I wrote the book
C
If you wanna learn to throw a curve right
Catch a clean up lookin' on a third strike
F F7M
Talk a little smack while he's walkin' back
F
Yeah, I wrote the book

[Refrão]
C
But there's one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
C
One that says don't cuss and don't fight
F F7M
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
F C
But damn if I don't do it every Friday night
C
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
C F
Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line
I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say

[Próxima Parte]
C C
That's one book I didn't write

[Segunda Parte]
C
I met a good girl, she had her life straight
She said she loved that I was good at everything
F
One day she left me in a cloud of dust
'Cause I never was too good at pickin' up

[Refrão]
C
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand

[Próxima Parte]
C
That's one book I didn't write
( C F )
C
Yeah, the good Lord knows I need it
F7M F
I didn't write it, but I probably oughta read it

[Refrão]
C
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand

[Próxima Parte]
C C
That's one book I didn't write

[Final]
F7M F
That's one book I didn't write
C
That is one book I didn't write