Intro: F F F F F Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 Csus2 Csus2 Csus2 Csus2 F F F Verse I: F It was early one mornin’ Bbsus2 Playa del Carmen Csus2 F That’s when I first met Jose F He had a 12 foot Schooner Bbsus2 a 3 foot cooler Csus2 F Full of the catch of the day F And he was wrinkled from grinnin’ Bbsus2 From all of the sun he had been in Csus2 F He was barefoot cerveza in hand F Bbsus2 He said “Gracias senor” when I paid him too much for Csus2 F All of the Snapper he had Bbsus2 F Now I told him my friend it ain’t nothin’ Csus2 F In the best broken Spanish I knew Bbsus2 I said I make a good livin’ F Back home where I’m from Csus2 -nc- He smiled and said Amigo me too Chorus: F Bbsus2 He said I fish and I play my guitar Csus2 F I laugh at the bar with my friends F I go home to my wife Bbsus2 I pray every night Csus2 I can do it all over again Instrumental: E E E E E Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Asus2 Bsus2 Bsus2 Bsus2 Bsus2 Bsus2 E E E Verse II: F Somewhere over Texas Bbsus2 I thought of my Lexus Csus2 F And all the stuff I work so hard for F And all the things that I’ve gathered Bbsus2 From climbing that ladder Csus2 F Didn’t make much sense anymore Bbsus2 F They say my nest egg ain’t ready to hatch yet Csus2 F They keep holding my feet to the fire Bbsus2 They call it paying the price F So that one day in life Csus2 -nc- I’ll have what I need to retire Chorus: F Bbsus2 And just fish and play my guitar Csus2 F Laugh at the bar with my friends F Go home to my wife Bbsus2 And pray every night Csus2 F I can do it all over again Bridge: Gbm F Bbsus2 F And to think that I thought for a while there that I had it made Gbm F Bbsus2 When the truth is I’m really just dying Csus2 To live like Jose Chorus: -nc- F And just fish Bbsus2 Play my guitar Csus2 F Laugh at the bar with my friends F Go home to my wife Bbsus2 Pray every night Csus2 F I can do it all over again Instrumental: F F F F F Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Bbsus2 Csus2 Csus2 Csus2 Csus2 Csus2 F F F Wouldn’t that be the life? Wouldn’t that be the life?
