Artist: Radney Foster
Reference the chords at the bottom because the chorus is all barred chords.
In his acoustic version he plays the intro and verses with the left hand muting the strings, Open first beat in the measure then
strumming down up down up down up through 4 beats and repeat 3 times
E
You can't sneak your way up the ladder
F#m
Have it handed to you on a silver platter
A
It don't depend on who or what you know
E
It won't rub off of some movie star
F#m
You gotta bang it out on a cheap guitar
A
It doesn't matter what you drive
E7
It's how you go
[Chorus]
C#m Amaj
If I'm gonna play. I'm gonna play loud
Emaj
Pour the midnight oil, let it all burn out
C#m Amaj
If I'm gonna love, I'm gonna love big
Emaj
I wasn't born to hold nothin' back from you
and that's the way it is
G
I don't want life watered-down
Amaj
I wanna drink it strong
E7
Until it's gone, until it's gone
Instrumental Break reapeating Chorus
( Whoohoo hoo, Whoohoo hoo, Whoohoo)
E
Well, nobody here sent for you, son
F#m
There's a million roads but you just get one
A
Treat every quarter inch like a hundred yards
E
Better swing your groove
Like you swing your hammer
F#m
Sing like Cash did in the slammer
A E7
You can't go half at it, ya got to nail it hard
[Chorus X2]
Barred Chords
C#m Amaj Emaj Gmaj E7
e|-4--------5-------7------3----------0-------|
B|-5--------5-------9------3----------3-------|
G|-6--------6-------9------4----------1-------|
D|-6--------7-------9------5----------2-------|
A|-4--------7-------7------5----------2-------|
E|-0--------5-------7------3----------0-------|