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Good Ole Boys Like Me chords by Don Williams (Official Version)

  • Gadd9

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • D/F#

  • G/B

  • Am7

  • D7

Intro 1
Gadd9
Gadd9
Gadd9
Gadd9
Verse 1
G
D
C
When I was a kid Uncle Remus
G
C
D
he put me to bed
G
D
With a picture of Stonewall
C
G
C
D
Jackson above my head
Em
D
Then daddy came in to kiss his little man
Em
D
With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand
C
He talked about honor and
D
things I should know
C
Then he'd stagger a little as he
D
went out the door

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Chorus 1
G
D/F#
Em
I can still hear the soft Southern winds
D
C
G/B
Am7
D7
in the live oak trees
G
D/F#
Em
And those Williams boys they still mean
D
C
G/B
Am7
D7
a lot to me Hank and Tennessee
C
D
I guess we're all gonna be
Em
C
what we're gonna be
C
D
So what do you do with good ole boys
Gadd9
Gadd9
like me
Verse 2
G
D
C
Nothing makes a sound
G
C
D
in the night like the wind does
G
D
C
But you ain't afraid if you're washed
G
C
D
in the blood like I was
Em
The smell of cape jasmine
D
through the window screen
Em
D
John R. and the Wolfman kept me company
C
D
By the light of the radio by my bed
C
D
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head
Chorus 2
G
D/F#
Em
I can still hear the soft Southern winds
D
C
G/B
Am7
D7
in the live oak trees
G
D/F#
Em
And those Williams boys they still mean
D
C
G/B
Am7
D7
a lot to me Hank and Tennessee
C
D
I guess we're all gonna be
Em
C
what we're gonna be
C
D
G
So what do you do with good ole boys like me
D
C
D
Verse 3
G
D
C
When I was in school I ran with
G
C
D
a kid down the street
G
D
C
And I watched him burn himself up on
G
C
D
bourbon and speed
Em
But I was smarter than most and
D
I could choose
Em
Learned to talk like the man on the
D
six o'clock news
C
D
When I was eighteen, Lord, I hit the road
C
D
But it really doesn't matter how far I go
Chorus 3
G
D/F#
Em
I can still hear the soft Southern winds
D
C
G/B
Am7
D7
in the live oak trees
G
D/F#
Em
And those Williams boys they still mean
D
C
G/B
Am7
D7
a lot to me Hank and Tennessee
C
D
I guess we're all gonna be
Em
C
what we're gonna be
C
D
So what do you do with good ole boys like
Em
C
me
D
Yeah, what do you do with good ole boys like
Outro 1
Gadd9
Gadd9
Gadd9
Gadd9
(me)
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