Intro -x2-: Ab  Db  Eb

Verse 1:
Ab
Three leagues down the soft side of where you left my
Ab
Gold rose crown, you broke down, and left me with a
Db
  Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
                            Eb
Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars

Verse 2:
Ab
Three weeks down, I drowned myself in whiskey
Ab
Came back round, and drowned out, and left me with a
Db
Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars
                            Eb
Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars

Interlude:
Ab              Db            Eb
Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh
Ab  Db  Eb

Chorus:
Ab
Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me
Ab
I walk the same way my father told me
Db
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier
                               Eb
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier
Ab
Wise men talk the same way my mother told me
Ab
I walk the same way my father told me
Db
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier
                               Eb
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

Interlude:
Ab              Db            Eb
Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh
Ab              Db            Eb
Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh

Bridge:
Abmaj7
You go down south, south
    Abmaj7
You go down south, south
    Dbmaj7
You go down south, south
    Dbmaj7
You go down south, south
    Abmaj7
You go down south, south
    Abmaj7
You go down south, south
    Dbmaj7
You go down south, south
    Dbmaj7
You go down south, south
    Abmaj7
You go down south, south
    Abmaj7
You go down south, south
    Dbmaj7
You go down south, south
    Dbmaj7
You go down south, south

Outro:
Ab
Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me

-You go down south, south-
Ab                      Eb
I walk the same way my father told me

-You go down south, south-
Db
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

-You go down south, south-
Db                              Eb
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

-You go down south, south-
Ab
Wise men talk the same way my mother told me

-You go down south, south-
Ab                      Eb
I walk the same way my father told me

-You go down south, south-
Db
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

-You go down south, south-
Db              Eb                              Ab
Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier

-You go down south, south-