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Trace Adkins

10 songs|19 chords used|Medium

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Chords used

C#m

Dsus2

C#sus2

A#m7

Fm7

Honky Tonk Badonkadonk

Key: EEasy

(Drums only / Spoken) Turn it up some!

Alright boys, this is her favorite song

You know that right

So, if we play it good and loud

She might get up and dance again (E5)

(E5) Ooh, she put her beer down

(E5) Here she comes

(E5) Left left left right left

Whoo

(E5) Husslers shootin' eightball

Throwin' darts at the wall

Feelin' damn near 10 ft. tall

Here she comes, Lord help us all

(F#5) Ol' T.W.'s girlfriend done (G) slapped him outta his chair

(A) Poor ole boy, it ain't his fault

It's (C) so hard not to (D) stare

At that (E5) honky tonk badonkadonk

Keepin' perfect rhythm

Make ya wanna swing along

Got it (A5) goin' on

Like Donkey Kong

And (E5) whoo-wee

Shut my mouth, slap your grandma

There (F#5) outta be a law

Get the (G) Sheriff on the phone

(A) Lord have mercy, how's she even (C) get them britches (D) on

With that (E5) honky tonk badonkadonk

(Aww son)

Now (E5) Honey, you can't blame her

For what her mama gave her

You ain't gotta hate her

For workin' that money-maker

(F#5) Band shuts down at two

But we're (G) hangin' out till three

We (A) hate to see her go

But (C) love to watch her (D) leave

Repeat Chorus

We don't (A) care bout the drinkin'

Barely listen to the band

Our (E) hands, they start a shakin'

When she gets the urge to dance

Drivin' (F#5) everybody crazy

You (G5) think you fell in love

(A5) Boys, you better keep your distance

You can (C5) look but you can't (D5) touch

Repeat Chorus

Spoken: (E5) That's it, right there boys, that's why we do what we do

(E5) It ain't for the money, it ain't for the glory, it ain't for the free whiskey

(E5) It's for the badonkadonk

Fade Out

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Ladies love country boys

Key: DEasy

She (D) grew up in the city in a little subdivision,

Her daddy wore a tie, Momma never fried a chicken,

(F) Ballet, Straight As, (G) most likely to su(D)cceed

They bought her a car after graduation

Sent her down south for some higher education

(F) Put her on the fast track (G) to a law deg(D)ree

Now shes (A) comin home to visit

Holdin the hand

Of a (C) wild-eyed boy

with a (G) farmers tan

And she's (D) ridin in the (D/C) middle of his (G) pickup (D) truck

Blarin' Charlie (D/C) Daniels yellin, (G) Turn it (D) up!

They raised her up a (D/C) lady

But theres (G) one thing they couldnt av(A)oid

(You know its true)

Yeah, you know (D) mommas and daddys want better for their daughters

Hope theyll settle down with a doctor or a lawyer

In their (F) uptown, ball gown, (G) hand-me-down royalt(D)y

They (A) never understand

why their princess falls

For some (C) camouflage britches

And a (G) southern boy drawl

Or why shes (D) ridin in the (D/C) middle of a (G) pickup (D) truck

Blarin Hank (D/C) Jr. yellin, (G) Turn it (D) up!

They raised her up a (D/C) lady

But theres (G) one thing they couldnt av(A)oid

You can (A5) train em

You can try to teach em right from wrong

But its (C5) still gonna turn em (G5) on

When they go (D) ridin in the (D/C) middle of a (G) pickup (D) truck

Blarin Lynyrd (D/C) Skynyrd yellin, (NC) Turn it up!

You can (D) raise her up a (D/C) lady

But theres (G) one thing you just cant av(A)oid

Fade out...

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This Old Grey Coat

Key: GHard

C#m

Well they gave mGe this old coat

Said, "It'll Ckeep you mightyG warm.

It'll seCe you through the wiGnter.

It's your Aby God uniDform."

So, IG wear it everyday

And I Csleep in it at Gnight

Now it's Ctwenty shades ofG grey

And the Awaist is shrunk too tDight

And the Bbottom's caked andEm muddy

And the Bbuttons are half Emgone

But Ajust Blike you and Cme

This C#mOld Grey Coat wears on.D

And when I Gdie in this grey Bcoat

I'm gonna Emmarch though Heaven's Adoor

I'm gonna walk up to Saint BPeter

And tell him, C"Send me back forD more."

Cause I'll be Gdamned if I'll jusBt sit around

WhilEme you boys win thAe war

Cause even wGhen IB'm dEmead

Shot full of YGankeBe leaEmd

There's a Apart of Bme keeps Changin' C#mby a Dthread

Of This Old Grey GCoat.C G C

When I Gthink of all the places

This old Ccoat and me have Gbeen

Through the Cfat and lean and Gin-between

Double-Aquick through thick andD thin

From the Gballrooms down in Richmond

To the Ctop of Marye'sG Heights

From CManasas to The GWilderness

And a Ahundred other Dfights

Now the Bcollar's torn andEm tattered

And the Belbow's worn clean Emthrough

But,A buddy,B in aC pinch

This C#mOld Grey DCoat will do.

And when I Gdie in this grey Bcoat

And when they Emcome to bury Ame

They commenc to speech-a-fByin'

And Csingin' "Nearer, LordD, to Thee"

Well be damn Gsure I ain't just Bsleepin'

Cause I Emflat out guaranAtee

That even wGhen IB'm dEmead

Shot full of YGankeBe leaEmd

That the Atoughest Bpart lives on Cin eveC#mry shrDed

Of This Old Grey GCoat.C G C

Well you can cGut mBy tEmhroat

You can sGink mBy bEmones

But Ayou can Bnever Cstop This Old C#mGrey Coat.D

When my Gbones ByouEm tote

When that's aGll sBhe wEmrote

AI'll fight Bon inCside This Old C#mGrey Coat.D

And when I Gdie in this grey Bcoat

I'm gonna Emmarch though Heaven's Adoor

I'm gonna walk up to Saint BPeter

And tell him, C"Send me back forD more."

Cause I'll be Gdamn if I'll just Bsit around

WhilEme you boys win thAe war

Cause even wGhen IB'm dEmead

Shot full of YGankeBe' leEmad

There ain't Anothin' Bthat I'd Crather C#mwear inDstead

Of This Old Grey CoGat. C

This Old Grey GCoat C

I'll go Gdown C

In This Old Grey GCoat C

This Old Grey GCoat.F C G

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Fightin Words

Key: AMedium

Alright

ACD

AEveryone Cknows I'm the Dhard workin' Gpeace lovin' Atype C D C

I walk a Athousand miles Cout of my wDay

Just to Gkeep from a Afight C D C

Poke Afun at the Cway that I Gtalk

Or this Dhat that I Awear C D C

You can Asay what you Cwant about Dme

GSee if I Acare C D

But one Aslip of the Dtongue 'bout my GGod Or my maDma

Or this Aflag that I Gwear on my Dshirt

You'll see a Aside of me Cman

That I Ddon't think you Awanna

Cause Gthem there's Dfightin' Awords C D A C D

Now Adon't get me Cwrong

I've swapped Dskin now and Gthen in my Ayouth C D C

I was Aall for an Ceye for an Deye and a Gtooth for a Atooth C D C

Now the Aolder I Cget

The less DI wanna Gstand toe to Atoe C D C

But Abefore you go Crunnin' your Dmouth

I think Gyou oughta Aknow C D

But one Aslip of the Dtongue 'bout my GGod Or my maDma

Or this Aflag that I Gwear on my Dshirt

You'll see a Aside of me Cman

That I Ddon't think you Awanna

Cause Gthem there's Dfightin' Awords C D A C D

EChevrolet or Ford

The south or the north

DThat ain't gonna get me Aworked up

EBut I'll draw the line

Everytime when it Dcomes to the things that I Elove

So one Aslip of the Ctongue 'bout my Gdog

Or my Dwoman

Or this Acountry that GI proudly Dserve

You'll see a Aside of me Cman

That you Ddamn sure don't Awanna

Cause Gthem there's Dfightin' Awords C D A C D

Yeah, them's fightin' Awords C D

Ahh them's Afightin' words, CHoss D A

A(thCis DpatternA reCpeaDts during the spoken part below)

Excuse me

First amendment?

Son, the first amendment protects you from the government

Not from me

You can say whatever you want to out there

You come within reach of me

I'll exercise my right to give you a good ol' country ass whoopin'

Is what I'll do

Alright

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Till The Last Shots Fired

Key: EmCapo 2Medium

EmI was there in the winter of D'64C

When we cDamped in the ice at BmNashville's doCors

ThreeG hundred miles our trDail had Emled

We Dbarely had time to bBmury our deCad

When the YCankees charged and the colors fDell

DOverton hill was a lBmiving heCll

When we Ccalled retreat it was almost Ddark

DI died with a grapeshot in my hEmeart

CSay aD prayer forEm peace

CFor every Gfallen soDn

CSet myD spiritEm free

CLet me lay Gdown my gDun

AmSweet mother Mary I'm so tCired

But I cCan't come home 'til the Dlast shot's Emfired

EmIn June of 1D94C4

DI waited in the blooBmd of Omaha's sChores

GTwenty-one and sDcared toEm death

DMy heart poundin' Bmin myC chest

CI almost made the first seaDwall

DWhen my friends turnBmed and sCaw me fall

I still Csmell the smoke, I can taste Dthe mud

DAs I lay there dying from a losEms of blood

CSay aD prayer forEm peace

CFor every Gfallen soDn

CSet myD spiritEm free

CLet me lay Gdown my gDun

AmSweet mother Mary I'm so tCired

But I cCan't come home 'til the Dlast shot's Emfired

CI'm in the fields of Vietnam,

DThe mountains of Afghanistan

CAnd I'm still hopin', waitin', prayin'

DI did not die in vain

CSay aD prayer forEm peace

CFor every Gfallen soDn

CSet ouDr spiritEms free

CLet us lay Gdown our Dguns

AmSweet mother Mary we're sCo tired

But we Ccan't come home 'til the Dlast shot's Emfired

C'Til the last shot's fEmired C

Choir:

Say a prayer for peace (for peace)

For our daughters and our sons

Set our spirits free (set us free)

Let us lay down our guns

Trace:

Sweet mother Mary, we're so tired

But we can't come home

Choir:

No we can't come home

'Til the last shot's fired

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I'm Tryin'

Key: ACapo 1Hard

Dsus2

Two Fiddles arranged for One Guitar(Actual Frets, not with capo):

Steel Part arrange for Guitar (Actual Frets, not with capo):

GCmGCmG

This Ggettin' up early pulling double shifts

Gonna make an old man of me long before I Cever get rich

But I'm Gtrying

It's Gbeen two years since we finalized

Still ain't used to putting "X" Cin front of wife

But I'm Gtrying

FSend more money right away

Is pretty much all she has to say when sChe calls these days

And Dsus2don't you be late

But Gall I can do, is Cmall I can do

And I keep on Gtryin'_Cm__

And Gall I can be, is Cmall I can be

And I keep on Gtryin'_Cm__

But there's Dalways a mountin in front of me

CSeems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing F F C

But I keep on Gtrying... Cm

Well I remember daddy sayin "Keep your eye on the ball"

Run like hell, play to win, get up when you fall"

I'm tryin'

Don't say nothing that you can't take back

Never do anything you might regret, no don't do that

, I'm tryin'

Know the difference 'tween Heaven and Hell

Go easy on the bottle, be hard on yourself

And I know he meant well

But Gall I can do, is Cmall I can do

And I keep on Gtryin'_Cm__

And Gall I can be, is Cmall I can be

And I keep on Gtryin'_Cm__

But there's Dalways a mountin in front of me

CSeems I'm always climbing, and falling, and climbing F F C

But I keep on trying...

FCFGFCFGFCD

Reprise:

But Gall I can do, is Cmall I can do

And I keep on tryin'

And all I can be, well that's all I can be

And I keep on tryin'

All I can do, is all I can do

But I keep on tryin'

There's always a mountain in front of me

Seems I'm always climbing, then stumbling, and then falling, and then climbing

But I keep on tryin'

This gettin' up early pulling double shifts

Gonna make an old man of me long before I ever get rich

But I'm Gtryin...

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This Ain't No Thinkin Thing

Key: AmMedium

AmFGAmAmFGAm

(1st Verse)

GI've been Fthinkin' 'bout our Clove situation.

AGll this attFraction in the pCresent tense.

G I reached the oFnly illogCical conclusion,

LFove ain't suppEosed ta make sense.

Chorus

Am This ain't no thinkin' thing, Fright brain left brain.

It gGoes a little deeper than Amthat.

It's a chemical, physical, eFmotional, devotion,

PGassion that we can't hold Amback.

There's nCothin' that we need to aGnalyze.

There aFin't no rhyme or reason wEhy.

'Cause Amthis ain't,F this ain't,G no thinkin' Amthing.

AmFGAm

(2nd Verse)

GForgFet mathemCatical equationsG, self-hFelp psycChology.

G Gray maFtter don't maCtter much darlin',

WFhen it's gettin' down to yEou and me. Oh!

Chorus

AmFGAmAmFGAm

There's nCothin' that we need to aGnalyze.

There aFin't no rhyme or reason wEhy.

'Cause Amthis ain't,F this ain't,G no thinkin' Amthing.

This ain't, FNo! This ain't,G no thinkin' thing.Am F G

This Amain't no thinkin' thing girl. No! F G

AmFGAmAmFGAm

No...F..... this aGin't, no tAmhinkin' thing,

This ain't no thinkin' thing, aFin't no thinkin' thing gGirl..Am....

This ain't no thinkin' thing,F G this ain't,

This Amain't, this ain't no thinkin' thing F G

This ain't no tAmhinkin' thing (FADE)

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Your Goin Miss This

Key: C#Hard

C#sus2

A#m7

Fm7

Youre Gonna Miss This Chords

by Trace Adkins

Transposed by Jason Demars

She was starC#sus2ing out the wiAbndow of thatC#sus2 SUV Ab

CompC#sus2laining, saAbying "I can't wait to turn Eb18"

She said "C#sus2I'll make my own mAboney, and I'll C#sus2make my own rAbules"

Mamma pC#sus2ut the car in pAbark out there in frEbont of the school

Then she kA#m7issedF her head and said "I was juC#sus2st like yEbou"

**Chorus**

You're gonna mAbiss this

You're gonna wEbant this back

You're gonna wBmish these days hadn't gone C#sus2by so fAbast

These are some gAbood times

So take a good lEbook arCound

You Fmmay not kEbnow it C#sus2now

But you're gonna miC#sus2ss thisAb C#sus2 Ab

BC#sus2efore she knows Abit she's a bC#sus2rand new bAbride

In a C#sus2one-bedroom apaAbrtment, and her dEbaddy stops by

He tells her C#sus2"It's a nAbice place"

She says "It'C#sus2ll do for nAbow"

Starts tC#sus2alking about baAbbies and buEbying a house

Daddy shA#m7akes Fhis head and says "Baby, jC#sus2ust slow dEbown"

*Repeat Chorus**

....you're gonna miss tAbhis. (stay in Ab to lead into bridge)

Five years C#sus2later there's a plumber workin' on the water heater

Dog's barkAbin', phone's ringin'

One kid's cryin', one kid's screamin'

C#sus2She keeps apologizin'

He says "TFmhey don't bEbother C#sus2me.

I've got tAbwo babies of my oA#m7wn. F

One's Eb36, one's 23.

Huh, it's hard to believe, but ...

*Repeat Chorus

You're gonna mAbiss this Eb

You're gA#m7onna Fmiss this -C#sus2yea Eb

You're gonna missC#sus2 this Ab C#sus2 Ab C#sus2 Fm7 Eb

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I Left Something Turned On At Home

Key: ACapo 1Easy

verse 1

Well boys I hate to leave good company

But my baby just called me on the phone

And from the sound of her voice,

I simply have no choice

I left something turned on at home

verse 2

Well I just put a quarter in the jukebox

And it ain't halfway through my favorite song

But if I don't leave right now, my whole place might burn

Cause I left something turned on at home

chorus

It ain't the stove, it ain't the heater

She's hotter and a whole lot sweeter

And all day long she's been there alone

Right now her arms are open, the house is probably smokin'

Cause DI leAft sEometAhing turned on at home

verse 3

Hey waitress could you cancel that order

But if it's too late I'll take it to go

Boys I gotta run 'fore somebody calls 911

Cause I left something turned on at home

chorus

It ain't the stove, it ain't the heater

She's hotter and a whole lot sweeter

And all day long she's been there alone

Right now her arms are open, the house is probably smokin'

Cause I left something turned on at home

Right now her arms are open, the house is probably smokin'

Cause I left something turned on at home

EAAA

Yeah I left something turned on at home

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10.

Aint No Thinkin Thing

Key: AmMedium

By: Trace Adkins

From: Charlie Schweitzer (email protected)

AmFGAmAmFGAm

(1st Verse) IG've been tFhinkin' 'bout our lCove situation.

AGll this attFraction in the pCresent tense.

G I reached the oFnly illogCical conclusion,

LFove ain't suppEosed ta make sense.

(Chorus) Am This ain't no thinkin' thing, rFight brain left brain.

It gGoes a little deeper than Amthat.

It's a chemical, physical, eFmotional, devotion,

PGassion that we can't hold Amback.

There's nCothin' that we need to aGnalyze.

There aFin't no rhyme or reason wEhy.

'Cause Amthis ain't,F this ain't,G no thinkin' Amthing.

AmFGAm

(2nd Verse) GForgFet mathemCatical equationsG, self-hFelp psycChology.

G Gray mFatter don't mCatter much darlin',

WFhen it's gettin' down to yEou and me. Oh!

Chorus

FGAmAmFGAm

There's nCothin' that we need to aGnalyze.

There aFin't no rhyme or reason wEhy.

'Cause Amthis ain't,F this ain't,G no thinkin' Amthing.

This ain't, FNo! This ain't,G no thinkin' thing.Am F G

This Amain't no thinkin' thing girl. No! F G

AmFGAmAmFGAm

No...F..... this aGin't, no tAmhinkin' thing,

This ain't no thinkin' thing, aFin't no thinkin' thing gGirl..Am....

This ain't no thinkin' thing,F G this ain't,

This Amain't, this ain't no thinkin' thing F G

This ain't no tAmhinkin' thing (FADE)

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