INTRO: 
D  G  D  A Asus4 A 
 
VERSE: 
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These damn rigs 
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There's times I'd like to turn and walk away 
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Pack my bags and head back home and stay 
 
     Bm                           A 
But something keeps on drawing me in 
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And it damn sure ain't the pay 
 
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Don't know what it is 
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'Bout these damn rigs 
 
VERSE: 
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But I got a call when I was eighteen years old 
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Just a kid out there chasing that black gold 
 
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I got a little bit in my blood 
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And a lot down in my soul 
 
                     A 
Maybe that's what it is 
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'Bout these damn rigs 
 
CHORUS: 
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But these damn rigs have been my family 
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For years at a time 
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And when things aren't going steady 
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Just left us all in a bind 
 
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But through the highs and lows the only thing I know 
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Is I do it for my wife and kids 
 
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But I thank God every night for these damn rigs 
 
VERSE: 
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Well these damn rigs 
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Have caused their fair share of trouble back home 
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'Cause it's never easy to leave my woman alone 
 
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Tryna get back for two weeks 
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Off of one goodbye kiss 
 
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Yeah, there's a lot I miss 
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On these damn rigs 
 
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Like the time my little boy hit his first ball 
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And when my baby girl learned how to walk 
 
      Bm        A 
Well someday I pray they know 
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What daddy did what he did 
 
                           A 
'Cause they're the reason I'm lonely 
               D 
In these damn rigs 
 
CHORUS: 
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But these damn rigs have been my family 
     D 
For years at a time 
           D 
And when things aren't going steady 
      D                A  A 
Just left us all in a bind 
 
                 D 
But through the highs and lows the only thing I know 
                            G  G 
Is I do it for my wife and kids 
 
    D                  A                    D 
But I thank God every night for these damn rigs 
 
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CHORUS: 
                G 
But these damn rigs have been my family 
     D 
For years at a time 
           D 
And when things aren't going steady 
      D                A  A 
Just left us all in a bind 
 
                 D 
But through the highs and lows the only thing I know 
                            G  G 
Is I do it for my wife and kids 
 
    D                  A                    D 
But I thank God every night for these damn rigs 
 
OUTRO: 
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Yet through the highs and lows the only thing I know 
                           G  G 
I'd do anything for those kids 
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And I thank God every night for these damn rigs