23 (Steel Mix) Chords

[Cm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] Simple [Eb] as my mama said [Bb] when I was very [Fm] young
[Cm] She told [Eb] me not to worry son, [Bb] one day you'll be [Fm] someone
[Cm] But here [Eb] I am at 21, [Bb] loaded out a [Fm] stagecoach shotgun
[Cm] I'm sorry mama, [Eb] please don't [Bb] look at me
[Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
[Cm] When I got to Oklahoma [Eb] I was 17
My [Bb] papa taught me how to work [Fm] and lord he [Bb] was mean
[Cm] Working all day [Eb] in that August heat [Bb] and he taught me how to fish, [Fm] my uncle taught me how to drink _
_ _ _ [Cm] Now [Eb] I'm 23 [Bb] and there ain't nobody [Fm] who can drink like [Cm] me
Soon [Eb] I'll be 24 [Bb] and the lord knows that [Fm] I can't drink no [Cm] more
I know [Eb] I should have taken it [Bb] slow, it's not the way that [Fm] my life
[Cm] _ _
[Eb] Now [Bb] I know, [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ no [Cm] cash [Eb] out on [Bb] the floor
[Fm] Sober by [Cm] 24, [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Cm] well I had a girl who [Eb] loved me the whole damn [Bb] time
And I drank my [Fm] whiskey and she drank [Cm] wine
Soon my [Eb] bottle was too much to [Bb] come [Fm] clean _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] [Cm] And we'd sit on the [Eb] river and we'd fish all [Bb] day
And we'd drive across the [Fm] country and let the radio [Cm] play
Seven damn [Eb] years I never [Bb] thought she'd [Fm] leave _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ [Cm] _
Now [Eb] I'm 23 [Bb] and there ain't [Fm] nobody who can drink like [Cm] me
Soon [Eb] I'll be 24 [Bb] and the lord knows [Fm] that I can't drink no [Cm] more
I [Eb] know I should have taken it [Bb] slow, it's not the [Fm] way that my life
[Cm] Lord [Eb] _ [Bb] I know
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[Fm] _ [Cm] No cash [Eb] out on [Bb] the floor
[Fm] Sober by [Cm] 24
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] Simple [Ab] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ as [Eb] my mama said [Bb] when I was very [Fm] young _
[Eb] _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _