Intro C  C7M  C 
      F  F7M  F 


[Verso 1]
 

C 
 When it comes to hitchin' the boat up 
C7M                  C 
Backin' down the ramp in my old truck 
F                                            F7M  
To find a bunch of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs 
                   F                       C 
Yeah, I wrote the book, yeah, I wrote the book 

C 
If you wanna learn to throw a curve right 

Catch a clean up lookin' on a third strike 
 F                  F7M  
Talk a little smack while he's walkin' back 
                   F 
Yeah, I wrote the book 


[Refrão]


             C 
But there's one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand 
 C 
One that says don't cuss and don't fight 
F                          F7M  
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man 
                    F                   C 
But damn if I don't do it every Friday night 

 C 
Those get you into Heaven letters in red 
 C                                                  F 
Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line 

I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say 
                          C    C 
That's one book I didn't write 


[Verso 2]


C 
I met a good girl, she had her life straight 

She said she loved that I was good at everything 
 F 
One day she left me in a cloud of dust 

'Cause I never was too good at pickin' up 


[Refrão]


     C 
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand 
 C 
One that says don't cuss and don't fight 
F 
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man 
                                        C 
But damn if I don't do it every Friday night 

 C 
Those get you into Heaven letters in red 
 C                                                  F 
Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line 

I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say 
                          C 
That's one book I didn't write 

( C  F  ) 

           C 
Yeah, the good Lord knows I need it 
         F7M                             F 
I didn't write it, but I probably oughta read it 


[Refrão]


     C 
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand 
 C 
One that says don't cuss and don't fight 
F 
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man 
                                        C 
But damn if I don't do it every Friday night 

 C 
Those get you into Heaven letters in red 
 C                                                  F 
Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight line 

I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say 
                          C    C 
That's one book I didn't write 

Final 

                         F7M    F 
That's one book I didn't write 
                           C 
That is one book I didn't write