Verse
  D 
I just got done stringing 
         G          D 
This ol' beat up guitar 
   D 
It won't help my singing 
          G            A 
But it'll help the tip jar 
    D 
The bass player's drinking 
G            D 
Shots of Jim Beam 
        D 
And the drummer is missing 
   A       D 
In action again 
 
Verse
        D 
Well I imagined my time 
     G         D 
In a hillbilly band 
      D 
Would be like a song 
       G            A 
From a Don Williams fan 
    D 
But even The Gentle 
G           D 
Giant would say 
D 
Head for the hills son 
     A          D 
This isn't your day 
 
Chorus
   G 
So wind up the crowd 
    D 
And throw yourself in 
A 
Singing the standards 
D 
Just ain't a sin 
G 
Sweet Caroline and 
D            G 
All My Rowdy Friends 
    D 
Put gas in the van 
           A      D 
And let us do it again 
 
Verse
D 
We hit the road 
      G            D 
For a new joint in Reno 
      D 
Owner promised us cash 
    A 
And no-limit keno 
          D 
We played Hank from behind 
        G           D 
Chicken wire with a genny 
          D 
We rolled lucky to Vegas 
     A           D 
With more than a penny 
 
Chorus
   G 
So wind up the crowd 
    D 
And get in their faces 
A 
Singing the standards 
      D 
Don't make them discraces 
      G 
Sweet Home Alabama 
    D         G 
And Family Tradition 
    D 
Put gas in the van 
           A      D 
And let us do it again 
 
Instrumental Break
D G D D A 
D G D D A D 
 
Bridge
    Bm 
Someday we'll be famous 
  A 
Almost like we planned it 
      C 
Until then we'll keep gigging 
              C 
Like we understand it 
 
Verse
   D 
We ain't gettin no younger 
    G               D 
The late nights are tough 
      D 
The desire and the hunger 
    A 
Sometimes ain't enough 
    D 
The question of quitting 
    G           D 
Has re-mained unanswered 
    D 
And until it is 
           A           D 
We'll keep playing the standards 
 
Chorus
   G 
So rile up the crowd 
    D 
And tip your bartenders 
A 
Singing the standards 
     D 
Mean you ain't surrendered 
G 
Ace In The Hole 
    D 
And Friends In Low Places 
    D 
Put gas in the van 
             A     D 
And let's us do it again 
 
Outro
  D 
I just got done stringing 
         G          D 
This ol' beat up guitar 
   D 
It won't help my singing 
          A            D 
But it'll help the tip jar...