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enough rope chords by Chris Knight

  • Csus2

  • G

  • Em

  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Am

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Intro 1
(Csus2) (G major) (Csus2) (G major)
Verse 1
Well (Csus2) I work for
the city (G major) in the town (Csus2) where I grew up (G major) .
Some (Csus2) days I run a (G major) backhoe
(E minor) some days I run a dump. (Csus2)
If I had other plans (G major) on my
graduation (Csus2) day, (G major)
(Csus2) Then several years ago (G major) I guess I
(E minor) hauled 'em all away. (Csus2)
Yeah I hauled 'em all away.
(G major)

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Verse 2
She told (Csus2) me she was pregnant (G major) on
the day (Csus2) I turned (G major) (Csus2) 18.
I did what your sup (G major) posed to do.
(E minor) I bought her a (Csus2) ring.
He didn't have to ask (G major) us,
but he (Csus2) asked us anyway.
(G major) (Csus2) We stood up and said, (G major)
"I do." (D major) what else (E minor) were we gonna say? (Csus2)
What else were we gonna say? (G major)
Verse 3
Well I'm (D major) thankful for the things I have,
And (Asus4) all (A major) the thing (A minor) s I don't. (Csus2)
And (D major) I've got dreams that
will come true,
(Asus4) And I've got some (A minor) that won't. (Csus2)
(D major) Most the time I just walk the line
(A minor) wherever it goes. (Csus2)
'Cuz (G major) you can't hang (Asus4) yourself (A minor) if (Csus2) you
Interlude 1
ain't got enough rope.
(Csus2) (G major) (Csus2) (G major)
Verse 4
My boss (Csus2) man is mad. (G major) (Csus2) I did
just what he asked. (G major)
I mowed (Csus2) the courthouse lawn (G major) watched the
pris (E minor) oners walkin' pas (Csus2) t
I'm happy to be work (G major) ing,
in (Csus2) stead of wearin' chain (G major) s.
(Csus2) Like my cousin Willy, (G major)
(E minor) he's locked up in the grange. (Csus2)
He's locked up in the grange. (G major)
Verse 5
But I'm (D major) thankful for the things I have,
And (A major) all (Asus4) the things I (D major) don't. (Csus2)
And (D major) I've got dreams that will come true,
(Asus4)
I've got some (A major) (Asus4) that won't. (Csus2)
(D major) Most the time I just walk the line (Asus4)
wherever (A minor) (Asus4) it goes. (Csus2)
'Cuz you (G major) can't hang (Asus4) yourself (A minor) if (Csus2) you ain't got
Interlude 2
enough rope.
(Csus2) (D major) (Asus4) (Csus2) (G major) (Csus2)
(G major)
Verse 6
There's a tavern (Csus2) down the high (G major) way,
I go (Csus2) to drink some beers.
(G major) And (Csus2) wash down all I'm miss (G major) in' (D major)
by (E minor) hangin' around here. (Csus2)
Then I drive back to the (G major)
trailer; I'll makeup (Csus2) with my wife. (G major)
I (Csus2) kiss my sleeping children,
(G major) and I get (E minor) on with my life. (Csus2)
Outro 1
Yeah I get on with my life.
(Csus2) (G major)
(Csus2) (G major) (Csus2) (G major) (Csus2) (G major)
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