G
He was holdin' up a cardboard sign,
D
I didn't read it, I just drove on by
Em
Thought to myself, man get a job
C
Then headed out in the downtown mall
G
Then later on on the evening news
D
There he was, in an interview
Em
And they asked him, man how'd you end up here
C
And as his eyes filled up with tears, he said
GD
You probably wouldn't think it, but I used to have a life
CA job I was proud of, a son and a beautiful wife
GDA house and a neighborhood, yeah man I had it good
CDCG
Until the night our car hit that wall, and I lost it all
G
He said I tried to hold 'er on the road
D
But it was rainin' hard, and I lost control
Em
And that other car swerved in our lane
C
I jerked the wheel and I hit the brakes, but there was
G
Nowhere to go, nothin' I could do
D
Later on that night when I came to
Em
The doctor said I got bad news
C
So unless you've been there in those shoes
GD
You probably wouldn't think it, but I used to have a life
CA job I was proud of, a son and a beautiful wife
GDA house and a neighborhood, yeah man I had it good
CDCG
Until the night our car hit that wall, and I lost it all
EmDC
The next morning on my way to work, I rolled my window down
EmDCD
I said 'hey man if you need a job, maybe I could help you out'
AmGCG
And as he climbed up in my old truck, I said I saw you on the news
AmGCD
And I realized, that could be me, standing in your shoes
EmDC
Cuz the cancer took my wife away last fall
AmGCD
Yeah I know what it's like, to hit that wall
GC
Cuz I lost it all
GC
Yeah I lost it all
GC
When you lose it all
GC
When you lose it all
G
He was holdin' up a cardboard sign,
D
I didn't read it, just drove on by
EmC
Thought to myself, man get a job..
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.