[Verse]
D C
Way Back home where the cypress grew
G D
In a clapboard shack on the black bayou
C G D
Live a woman and a man that I call Mom and Dad
D C
And times were hard and times were tough
G D
We barely had nothin' but we didn't need much
C G D
Except for the love of a woman and a man
[Bridge]
C D
Daddy worked his fingers to the bone
C G D C G
But I know my mamma was the reason he was strong
[Chorus]
D C
Everybody knows if the cold wind blows
G D
The seeds don't sprout and the crops won't grow
C G D
Even though you've done the best you can
C
And when you're livin' in a house that you don't own
G D
And the money in the bank is almost gone
C G D G
The only thing in life I know that stands
C G D
Is the love between a woman and a man
[Verse]
D C
Well, I grew up workin' like my daddy did
G D
Broke the land with my hands and the money rolled in
C G D
But it wasn't enough and I did not understand
C
You see, the only thing that matters money can't buy
G D
And when it gets down the bottom line
C G D
It's the love you find between a woman and a man
[Bridge]
C G D
Everything Daddy said to me was true
C G D
'Cause my life was not complete until I found you
[Chorus] (x2)
D G D
But then tonight the whiskey got me thinking
D G A
Thinking of her and her memories got me drinking
D G D
Drowning my sorrow, I'm slowly sinking
Em G D
I should know better but the whiskeys got me thinking
[Outro]
C G D G
Only thing in life that stands
C G D
Is the love between a woman and a man