G He was holdin' up a cardboard sign, D I didn't read it, I just drove on by Em7 Thought to myself, man get a job Cadd9 Then headed out in the downtown mall G Then later on on the evening news D There he was, in an interview Em7 And they asked him, man how'd you end up here Cadd9 And as his eyes filled up with tears, he said G D You probably wouldn't think it, but I used to have a life C A job I was proud of, a son and a beautiful wife G D A house and a neighborhood, yeah man I had it good C D C G 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 Em7 And that other car swerved in our lane Cadd9 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 Em7 The doctor said I got bad news C So unless you've been there in those shoes G D You probably wouldn't think it, but I used to have a life C A job I was proud of, a son and a beautiful wife G D A house and a neighborhood, yeah man I had it good C D C G Until the night our car hit that wall, and I lost it all Em7 D Cadd9 The next morning on my way to work, I rolled my window down Em7 D Cadd9 D I said 'hey man if you need a job, maybe I could help you out' Am G/B C G/B And as he climbed up in my old truck, I said I saw you on the news Am G/B C D And I realized, that could be me, standing in your shoes Em7 D Cadd9 Cuz the cancer took my wife away last fall Am G/B C D Yeah I know what it's like, to hit that wall G Cadd9 Cuz I lost it all G Cadd9 Yeah I lost it all G Cadd9 When you lose it all G Cadd9 When you lose it all G He was holdin' up a cardboard sign, D I didn't read it, just drove on by Em7 Cadd9 Thought to myself, man get a job..
