Verse 

     D             G                  D              G     
Well it's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be 
  D 
strong 

Chorus 
               G                     D                  G 
Well I don't guess I'll ever make a million I just want enough to 
    D 
get by 
                     G                          E7         
Like a checking the town in two or three banks and a yellow Cadillac 
     A 
to drive 
           D                           G                          
To go sportin' around with two or three red-heads or maybe take a 
        D 
blonde along 
              G                  D               G         D 
It's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be strong 

Chorus 
                G                    D              E7        A 
Just give me my money and cold hard pension give my guitar in tune 
         D                   G                                   
And get me a date with a pretty little thing and I'll be barkin' 
     D 
at the moon 
        G                D                       G          D                                    
No want more than anybody else just takes more for me to get along 
               G                 D              G         D 
It's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be strong 

Chorus 
               G                                     E7 
It's a simple thing in life that really matter and I'm a pretty 
        A 
simple guy 
       D                        G            D           G        D 
Just give me a house a swimming pool and a little sport plane to fly 
           G                 D                 G 
It don't take much to satisfy me I'm a country boy tryin' to get 
     D 
along 
              G                 D              G           D 
It's a great life if you don't weaken but who wants to be strong