Thats Why I Sing This Way

	  		


Intro: D A E A 

verse 1 

A                                                                                        
My momma used to tell me son you better get your work done 
                             E 
You’re daddy’s comin home at five                                                                           
E 
And if you ain’t all through  
E 
With the chores you gotta do 
                      A 
Boy I’m gonna tan you alive 

A                            
I was glued to the radio listening to  
                            D        
My hero’s sing them sad old songs 
                       A               
Singin ‘em sadder than one car funeral                              
E                 A         
Nobody sings like Jones 


              D                                                                                               
I’d take that old kitchen broom up to my room  
    A 
and play it like an old guitar 
   B                                             
Or sit out on the porch trying to sing  
            E 
like George dream about becoming a star  
A                                                                   
Well the things I never did when I was  
                             D 
just a kid made me what I am today 
                                     A                                                         
You see momma used to whip me with a George Jones album  
E                       A 
that’s why I sing, this way. 
 


D A E A 


verse 2 

 A                                                                
So I ended up in Nashville working at a sawmill  
                    E 
just to be close to stars  
                                                                      
But I got a little broke but I couldn’t ask my folks  
                           A 
so I had to hock my old guitar 
                              
Well I still hang around Tooties Orchid Lounge  
                                D 
thinkin he’ll walk through that door 
                                 A                                             
But a voice in my mind said your wastin’ time  
      E                     A 
Cause George don’t drink no more. 


          D                                                                                           
I used to take that old kitchen broom up to my room  
    A 
and play it like an old guitar 
   B                                             
Or sit out on the porch trying to sing  
            E 
like George dream about becoming a star  
A                                                                   
Well the things I never did when I was  
                             D 
just a kid made me what I am today 
                                     A                                                         
You see momma used to whip me with a George Jones album  
E                       A 
that’s why I sing, this way.
  

Solo: D A B E 


A                                                                   
Well the things I never did when I was  
                             D 
just a kid made me what I am today 
                                     A                                                         
You see momma used to whip me with a George Jones album  
E                       A 
that’s why I sing, this way.  

 D                            A 
Momma used to whip me with a George Jones album  
E                       A 
that’s why I sing, this way.