| C | |
| Jimmy was a regular at the local drinkin bar |
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| He worked like every | body else and ways were mean and hard |
| C | F | |
| I | met him as a little boy and i liked him as i g | rew |
| G | C | |
| Jimmy's life was t | ough seemed like everybody | knew |
| F | |
| That Jimmy was a drinkin kind of | man |
| G | C | |
| he l | oved to hear an old hillbilly | band |
| F | |
| The scar across his face was Jimmy's | brand |
| G | C | |
| cause | Jimmy was a drinkin kind of | man |
| We got to be together 'fore the god lord tucked him in |
| F | G | |
| he | said I'm never | coming back to this old town again |
| C | F | |
| said | no one understands me folks don't even want me | home |
| G | C | |
| he took a drink of | wine and said its hell to be al | one |
| F | |
| Cause Jimmy was a drinkin kind of | man |
| G | C | |
| he l | oved to hear an old hillbilly | band |
| F | |
| The scar across his face was Jimmy's | brand |
| G | C | |
| cause | Jimmy was a drinkin kind of | man |
| I finally got to see ole Jim after bein gone so long |
| F | G | |
| By the | crowd of cars a | round his house |
| I could tell there was something wrong |
| C | F | |
| I a | rrived in time to find him in a pine box on the f | loor |
| G | C | |
| his momma's eyes were f | illed with tears as I stepped though the d | oor |
| Cause Jimmy was a drinkin kind of man |
| G | C | |
| he l | oved to hear an old hillbilly | band |
| F | |
| The scar across his face was Jimmy's | brand |
| G | C | |
| cause | Jimmy was a drinkin kind of | man |
| Sbmitted by: Teague |