| C | G | |
| Once my future was as shiny as the seat of my p | ants are today |
| C | |
| Then old mother luck & all her daughters started duckin' | me |
| G | |
| When I finally got tired of just sittin' there watchin' my l | ife slip away |
| C | |
| I said I better start takin' all the livin' that's a commin' to | me |
| C | F | |
| cho.. Now I | love too much, | fight too much |
| C | F | |
| Stay out late at | night too much |
| C | G | |
| But you | bet your butt I'm gonna live before I | die |
| C | F | |
| And I may | smoke too much, | drink too much |
| C | F | |
| E | very blessed th | ing too much |
| C | G | C | |
| It'a a | low down life but it | ain't gonna pass m | e by. |
| I don't care if the world don't ever hear the sound of my name |
| And old mother luck & all her daughters keep-a-duckin' me |
| As long as that cat I gotta look at when I shave ain't ashamed |
| There ain't no Jody in the world I'd ever rather be |
| cho.. And I still love too much....... |