INTRO/MAIN RIFF: e|-------------------------------------------2-0------| B|-------------------------------------------3-1------| G|---------2-2-----------2-2---------2-2-----2-0------| D|---------2-2-----------2-2---------2-2-----0-2------| A|-------0 0-0-----2-0-0-0-0---------0-0-------3------| E|---2-3-------------------------2-3------------------| VERSE 1: The old man was a good man, he raised his children right He taught us how to work hard and showed us how to fight Told me about the good Lord and when to use a gun Made me very proud of where it is that I come from MAIN RIFF When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar I many not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar MAIN RIFF VERSE 2: Years they rolled on by, the old man turned me loose Way cross town I learned about them sad ol' country blues Taught me how to prep my heart from trying to make it right Told me not to ever break but one law at a time MAIN RIFF When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar I may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar MAIN RIFF BRIDGE: Hope you'll wear me on your memory like a painted old tattoo I might not make no history book but I'll burn a page or two Yeah Pre-Lead: B