[Intro] 2-beats of drum intro, then / F C G / (x4)
[Verse 1 - Adam Hood]
G F C
I had a girl sweet as peaches, eyes as bright as the 'Bama beaches
G F C G
Kissed me goodbye, left me speechless, she don't love me no more
G F C
I can draw from a dry well, I head down the lonesome trail
G F C G
Lord I've figured what the hell, 'cause she don't love me no more
[Chorus 1]
F G F G
I can get down to Houston, I can get there by dawn
F G F C D
There's plenty of stuff in that city that gets somethin' good goin' on
F G F G
And I wanna keep on comin', but she don't want me around
F C F C G
'Cause she stole my heart, killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
F C G
Naw it can't put me in the ground
[Verse 2 - Brent Cobb]
G F C
Well my best friend since junior high, half as good lookin' and twice as wild
G F C G
He and my sweetheart started makin' out, now she don't love me no more
F C G
Naw she don't love me no more
[Chorus 2]
F G F G
Well I can get down to Mobile, I can get there by 5:00
F G F C D
I got just enough money to get on with my life
F G F G
Well I wanna keep on comin', but she don't want me around
F C F C G
'Cause she stole my heart, killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
F C G
Honey can't put me in the ground, naw
[Break, 8-bars, with guitar solo]
G / G F C / G / F C G / G / G F C / G / F C G
[Chorus 3]
F G F G
Well I can get down to Houston, I can get there by dawn
F G F C D
I got just enough money to get somethin' good goin' on
F G F G
Well but I wanna keep on comin', if she don't want me around
F C F C G
Yeah she stole my heart, she killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
F C G
Well she can't put me in the ground
[Outro]
F C G
Oh she can't put me in the ground, hey hey
F C G
F C G F C G
Go on now, I'll see ya in Mobile baby
F C G
Carry my ass down to rodeo
Man, yeah