I Gotta Change Or I'm Gonna Die

	  		Intro 

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Verse 1:
D                                 G                        D 
Pain pills started for a backache, doctor dropped me like a lead weight. 
G                       D           A      G        D 
Now I cop off the interstate, bout 15 miles from here. 
D                                 G                     D 
I’m not the type you would expect, I work harder than a son of a bitch. 
G                  D                A             G           D 
Trying to raise up these three kids, And keep em clothed and fed. 

Pre-Chorus
             G                 D 
What’s a man worth if he can’t work? 
              A                  Bm      A 
Was I really made as a rich man’s hammer? 
G                  D             A 
Is this all there’ll ever be for me? 

 

         G                   D            A                Bm  A 
I gotta change or I’m gonna die, I wanna live so I’m gonna try, 
            G                  D                A 
Give it my best, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. 
             G                     D 
Where I come from, they’ll break a man, 
            A                       Bm  A 
What I got now, I built with these hands. 
          G                     D                A 
I’m not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails, 
G                    Bm        A 
This ain’t a test I plan to fail. 


Verse 2:
D                                 G                        D 
Oxys beat me like I owed them money, Still on my feet and I feel like running, 
G                       D           A      G        D 
Maybe somewhere it’s always summer, And leave these cares behind. 
D                                       G                     D 
But I’ve got folks who depend on me, I rise in the dark cause I still believe there’s 
G                  D                A     G           D 
Something good I just can’t see yet, Up around the bend.
 
 

         G                   D            A                Bm  A 
I gotta change or I’m gonna die, I wanna live so I’m gonna try, 
            G                  D                A 
Give it my best, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. 
             G                     D 
Where I come from, they’ll break a man, 
            A                       Bm  A 
What I got now, I built with these hands. 
          G                     D                A 
I’m not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails, 
G                    Bm        A 
This ain’t a test I plan to fail. 

 
Bridge:
Bm                                  A 
I used to never take an Advil, But if I don’t earn we don’t pay bills 
G                                                 A 
Inside I’m screaming like an anvil, When iron and hammer meet. 


Instrumental 

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         G                   D            A                Bm  A 
I gotta change or I’m gonna die, I wanna live so I’m gonna try, 
            G                  D                A 
Give it my best, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. 
             G                     D 
Where I come from, they’ll break a man, 
            A                       Bm  A 
What I got now, I built with these hands. 
          G                     D                A 
I’m not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails, 
G                    Bm        A 
This ain’t a test I plan to fail. 
A      G             Bm             A 
Lord, this ain’t a test I plan to fail. 


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