Chords for Yelawolf - "Keeps Me Alive" ft. Wynonna Judd (Audio)

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Way back in Alabama where the dirt roads cut through the woods and [E] when it rains you can
smell the steam off the grass even dew on the hood of [E] my papa's 1985 [A] Chevrolet Silverado
I must have [Am] been about six.
Life was so easy back in the sticks.
Sixteen year old mother
fought [Em] for the life she wanted for her son.
[D] Stood for love in the world [Am] of rock and rollers
where it begun [D] it was Alabama's Ed Mugen, [Am] Alice Cooper, Randy Travis, [Am] Harold Smith kept
my step daddy on the road and life it was madness.
Cocaine and alcohol filled [Em] up the
house party to be frank.
[D] It wasn't long before I tried [Am] it myself and then started to drink.
[D] School became boring and doing [Am] my homework became rolling joints.
Now I'm sixteen like
my mama was when she had a little boy.
Can't imagine that now as [Em] I look back cause I got
three kids of [D] my own and I respect what she went [Am] through to pay for food, clothes, and a home.
Cause it ain't what she did it's what she didn't do for me that brought me to this moment and made
me who I am on this recording and this is [Em] my story.
This is my story, [D] this is [Am] the story, _ this is [Em] what keeps me [Am] alive. _ _ _ _
This is [Em] me trying, _
[D] this is [Am] trying, _ this is [Em] what keeps me [Am] alive. _ _ _
[A] Twenty years old in the streets [E] and I'm rolling with gangsters [D] now.
Hip hop is taking over [A] me,
my language, my clothes, my [D] lifestyle.
Antioch, [Am] Tennessee put me through the school of hard knocks
and I carry that attitude with me to this day.
More or not and I'm young and [E] hot,
always running from [D] police and skateboarding.
Graffiti, [Am] lottery, I sorta got my peace [D] from the
chaos.
Was no [Am] mother may-as, surrounded by have-nots and maybe someday I as well.
I was against the
grain even when [Em] I was growing wheat.
Got [D] back into rock and roll and then [Am] got into poetry.
Started [D] expressing everything I could through the [Am] medium of pen and pad.
Playing instrumentals off
of tape and then overdubbing what I had.
It was everything because [Em] I had nothing and man [D] that was
all right cause now [Am] I had something.
Little did I know that would be the hardest thing to do God
so I took a look at what I've been through and I made it my glory.
This is [Em] my story, [D] this is [Am] the glory, _ this [Em] is what keeps me [Am] alive. _ _ _ _
This is [Em] me trying, _
[D] this is [Am] trying, _
this is [Em] what keeps me [Am] alive.
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It's a 2am bus call from [Am] me at the parking lot of [E] Walmart,
leaving Nashville, Tennessee for a nationwide tour.
My bags are all packed and I'm loading my
truck to go meet the crew and I'm excited to get on the road.
Already one foot out the door.
Turn around and it's my [E] daughter, she's crying cause daddy is [D] leaving.
Knows that I'll be gone
for [Am] months and it hurts and I hate to see [D] it.
Kneel down and tell her, look [Am] baby I promise I'll
call you every day and daddy will send you a present from everywhere that we go play.
But
that's not enough and it's [Em] breaking my heart in two.
Just [D] knowing I can't stay, not [Am] even to see
it through.
And [D] that I can't tell her when to [Am] say goodbye with a grin.
Look she's being left behind,
this is me all over again man.
I picked her up in my arms [Em] and held her tight and said hey you know
[D] what?
Daddy used to be just [Am] like you when I would walk up to the bus and I'd do anything in the
world for you so chase your dreams.
One day you'll use everything that you've been through to be
anything baby girl.
This is [Em] my story, [D] this [Am] is the story, _ this is [Em] what keeps [Am] me alive. _ _ _ _
This [Em] is me crying, _
[D] this [Am] is why, _ this [Em] is what keeps me _ _ [A] alive. _
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