[Intro:  ]G   D   C 

Em                                             C 
You should’ve seen the look on the face of the boss of the second shift 
Em                                   C 
When I threw my hardhat at him and suggested the box where he could stick it 
G                                     C 
I walked downstairs and told’em I was leaving Bethlehem 
        Em                    D 
Like I’d seen The Savior had tears in my eyes 
C                     
Holding my hands up and shoutin A-men 


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G                             D                  C 
Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do 
        G                D 
I spent most of my life wrapped up tight 
   C               F    C           G 
In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes 
         D                C 
Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know 
Am                         C 
You might tell me where to go 
G                            D               G 
But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do 

Em                                     C 
We buried daddy just last week at the church that saved his soul 
Em                                         C 
Man he dreamed of pilot’s wings spent his whole life digging coal 
G                                        C 
I got a guitar up under my bed, but I’ve been to scared to fly 
       Em                        D 
That’s enough of that stuff I’m packing up my trunk 
C 
You can just kiss my butt good bye 


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G                             D                  C 
Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do 
        G                D 
I spent most of my life wrapped up tight 
   C               F    C           G 
In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes 
         D                C 
Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know 
Am                         C 
You might tell me where to go 
G                            D               G 
But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do 

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G                             D                  C 
Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do 
        G                D 
I spent most of my life wrapped up tight 
   C               F    C           G 
In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes 
         D                C 
Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know 
Am                         C 
You might tell me where to go 
G                            D               G 
But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do 

G                                       C 
I walked down stairs and told’em I was leaving Bethlehem