Intro:
G G G D G
G C G G D G
Verse:
G C G
Oh, when I was at school some boys was picking on me
D G
Pushed me down at the playground and I skinned my knee
C G
Lord, I wanted to cry, it occured to me
D G
Took my skeletor lunchbox, took out his front teeth
D G
My daddy always told me do the best that you can
C G D G
To be a kind hearted sensitive hard working man
D G
But if the high road is closed and the lightnings comming down
C G D G
Sometimes you gotta man up and take the low road around
C G D G G
Sometimes you gotta toughen up and take the low road around
Verse:
G C G
Now, needless to say my bully problems did cease
D G
But I found myself in love with a two-timing cheat
C G
When she left I wanted to die Lord I didn't even eat
D G
And in walks her little sister lookin all kinds of sweet
D G
But my momma always said son you gotta try hard
C G D G
To find a woman that will love you for the man that you are
D G
But if the high road is closed and the lightnings comming down
C G D G
Sometimes you gotta man up and take the low road around
C G D G
Sometimes you gotta think quick and take the low road around
G D G D G
Yeah,
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