Intro A D A D Verse 1 A Throw me a life line D Is anybody home. E Seems like yesterday ‘ay I was just standing on the corner, D waiting for the old bon ton Verse 2 A It never was a real job D Never worked all the time. E D But it paid for a this and a that, bought the baby perfume, D and it kept us alive Break 1 E Oh, what I wouldn’t give to turn the F#m time back around and the G D tanka tanka accordion Chorus A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong A D I wanna keep it simple A D I wanna keep it strong A I need to help my brothers D G A D And help the family rise above A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong Verse 3 A I miss the kind of trouble D That never lasted too long. E The kind where you could clear your mind with a couple of D drinks and a traveling song Verse 4 A I never had a bowl of cherries no,no D Now that ain’t news. E But I’d give anything to get back to that dirty old D room full of mingingy blues Break 2 E I think I’d rather have the wind and the F#m rain and the president’s G D plane and a big bass drum Chorus A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong A D I wanna keep it simple A D I wanna keep it strong A I need to help my brothers D G A D And help the family rise above A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong Break 2 E I think I’d rather have the wind and the F#m rain and the president’s G D plane and a big bass drum Chorus A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong A D I wanna keep it simple A D I wanna keep it strong A I need to help my brothers D G A D And help the family rise above A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong Outro A D I wanna do right A D I don’t want to do wrong
