verse 1 
G 
I moved to Nashville back in ‘91 
      Em 
I was hopin for heaven but I met the Devil’s son 
      D 
David Allan Coe was right ‘bout a long hard ride 
         C                           D 
Hell you ought to see the little red truck I drive 
G 
Well I refused to be something I’m not 
     Em 
So I didn’t make the Music City News a lot 
D 
But I don’t give a damn about that now 
           C                     D 
Cause some people like the way I sound 


[Refrão]
G 
Things are fixin’ to get real good 
       Em 
In the honky tonks you know I’m understood 
D 
I been to the school of hard knocks and hardwood and 
C                   D        G 
Things are fixin to get real good 

verse 2 
G 
I made a lot of good friends they came from all around 
   Em 
We chased women and dreams while searching for a sound 
    D 
But we sank right down the musical tubes 
             C                         D 
Getting lost in the crowd and drinkin’ too much booze 
G 
Lord knows I done a lot of things wrong 
    Em 
But I wrote em all down in my country songs 
D 
Sometimes you gotta go to hell and back 
C                         D 
Just to know where you’re at 


[Refrão]
G 
Things are fixin’ to get real good 
       Em 
In the honky tonks you know I’m understood 
D 
I been to the school of hard knocks and hardwood and 
C                   D        G 
Things are fixin to get real good 

G 
Things are fixin’ to get real good 
       Em 
In the honky tonks you know I’m understood 
D 
I been to the school of hard knocks and hardwood and 
C                   D        G 
Things are fixin to get real good 

Outro 
G 
Yeah I’ve done my dance on sawdust and hardwood 
    C                    D        G 
And things are fixin’ to get real good 
N.C. 
Yeah they are 
G 
I have done my dance on sawdust and hardwood 
C                    D        G 
Things are fixin’ to get real good