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
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
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
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
Em7DCadd9
The next morning on my way to work, I rolled my window down
Em7DCadd9D
I said 'hey man if you need a job, maybe I could help you out'
AmG/BCG/B
And as he climbed up in my old truck, I said I saw you on the news
AmG/BCD
And I realized, that could be me, standing in your shoes
Em7DCadd9
Cuz the cancer took my wife away last fall
AmG/BCD
Yeah I know what it's like, to hit that wall
GCadd9
Cuz I lost it all
GCadd9
Yeah I lost it all
GCadd9
When you lose it all
GCadd9
When you lose it all
G
He was holdin' up a cardboard sign,
D
I didn't read it, just drove on by
Em7Cadd9
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.