BY NOW I WOULD BE DEAD
[Intro] C G7 C x2
C G7
He said hard work never killed a man and Grandpa oughta know
C
He must've walked 1 miles down those old corn rows
G7
Following behind the plow with an old mule called Jim
C
I don't know who had a harder head that old mule or him
F
Wake up boy get out of bed don't you think you've slept enough
C G7
There's lots of work a boy can do before the sun comes up
C F
There's cows to milk a hog to feed the chickens must be fed
C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy by now I would be dead
[Instrumental] C G7 C x2
C G7
You can learn some lessons at the south end of a mule
C
Following the plow all day will change your attitude
G7
About the way you view life how hard you work in school
C
His work was not to punish but as a teaching tool
[Chorus]
[Instrumental] C G7 C x2
[Chorus]
F
Wake up boy get out of bed don't you think you've slept enough
C G7
There's lots of work a boy can do before the sun comes up
C F
There's cows to milk a hog to feed the chickens must be fed
C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy by now I would be dead
[Outro]
F C G7 C
And if hard works' gonna kill you boy by now I would be dead - F C G7 C