[Intro]
D/F# C G Em D/F# G
[Estrofa]
         C        G           
He had a southern drawl like a
 D/F#      G 
 redbone hound 
He had a southern drawl like a redbone hound 
          C       G          
And every song he sang was my
 D/F#       G 
 favorite sound 
And every song he sang was my favorite sound 
            C        G          D/F#
He'd be the last one off if the ship
        Em 
 went down 
He'd be the last one off if the ship went down 
            C      G            
The kind of man it feels good to be
 D/F#   G 
 a-round 
The kind of man it feels good to be a-round 
            C      G            
The kind of man it feels good to be
 D/F#   G 
 a-round
The kind of man it feels good to be a-round
[Estrofa]
       C       G          D/F#  
He had hair as white as a cotton
   G 
 field 
He had hair as white as a cotton field 
         C          G           
He could spin you a story like a
 D/F#    G 
 wagon wheel 
He could spin you a story like a wagon wheel 
      C      G               D/F#   
Never went nowhere without a rod and
   Em 
 reel 
Never went nowhere without a rod and reel 
       C         G         D/F#  
Lord I miss that man and I always
   G 
 will 
Lord I miss that man and I always will 
  C         G         D/F#     G 
I miss that man and I always will
[Estribillo]
                   C              
He'd see through a lie like an old
        G 
 screen door 
He'd see through a lie like an old screen door 
                    Em  D            
He taught me how to hunt, how to love
     G 
 the lord 
He taught me how to hunt, how to love the lord 
              C                 Em 
He car-ried a bi-ble and for-ty-four
 
He car-ried a bi-ble and for-ty-four 
         C          G            
And they just don't make 'em like
 D/F#      G 
 that no more
And they just don't make 'em like that no more
[Instrumental]
C G D/F# G
[Estrofa]
             C        G             
He said take what you got and do the
 D/F#     G 
 best you can 
He said take what you got and do the best you can 
                      C    G       
The best thing you'll ever own is a
 D/F#     G 
 piece of land 
The best thing you'll ever own is a piece of land 
         C        G        D/F#   
Ya'll he knew his like the back of
     Em 
 his hand 
Ya'll he knew his like the back of his hand 
       C         G     D/F#   G 
He was somethin' else, my old man 
       C         G     D/F#   G 
He was somethin' else, my old man
[Estribillo]
                   C              
He'd see through a lie like an old
        G 
 screen door 
He'd see through a lie like an old screen door 
                    Em  D            
He taught me how to hunt, how to love
     G 
 the lord 
He taught me how to hunt, how to love the lord 
              C                 Em 
He car-ried a bi-ble and for-ty-four
 
He car-ried a bi-ble and for-ty-four 
         C          G            
And they just don't make 'em like
 D/F#    G 
 that no more
And they just don't make 'em like that no more
[Estrofa]
          C          G          
I saw him strum this thing every
 D/F#      G 
 chance he could 
I saw him strum this thing every chance he could 
       C       G             D/F#   
And he left it to me like he said he
 G 
 would 
And he left it to me like he said he would 
           C      G      D/F#     
And if you ask me why it sounds so
 Em 
 good 
And if you ask me why it sounds so good 
                C       G        
It's 'cause I'm holdin' more than
 D/F#        G 
 strings and wood 
It's 'cause I'm holdin' more than strings and wood 
    C       G         D/F#       
I'm holdin' more than strings and
 G 
 wood
I'm holdin' more than strings and wood
[Estribillo]
                   C              
He'd see through a lie like an old
        G 
 screen door 
He'd see through a lie like an old screen door 
                    Em  D            
He taught me how to hunt, how to love
     G 
 the lord 
He taught me how to hunt, how to love the lord 
              C                 Em 
He car-ried a bi-ble and for-ty-four
 
He car-ried a bi-ble and for-ty-four 
         C          G            
And they just don't make 'em like
 D/F#    G 
 that no more 
And they just don't make 'em like that no more 
     C          G             D/F#   
They just don't make 'em like that no
 G 
 more
They just don't make 'em like that no more
[Outro]
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