Capo 4th Fret Intro: (D) (G) (D) (G) He was (D) standing in the rubble Of an (G) old farmhouse outside of Birming(D)ham When some on-the-scene reporter Stuck a (G) camera in the face of that old (A) man He said, (D) tell the folks, please mister What (D7/F#) are you gonna do (G) Now that this twister has taken (Em) All that's dear to you The (Bm) old man just (A) smiled and said Boy, let me tell you (G) something (A) This ain't (D) nothin' (A) He (G) said, I lost my daddy when (Asus4) I was eight years (A) old That (D) cave-in at the (D/F#) Kincaid Mine (Em) left a big old (D/F#) hole And I (G) lost my baby brother, my best (Asus4) friend, and my left (A) hand In A (D) no-win situ(D/F#)ation in a (Em) place called Viet(D/F#)nam And last (Bm) year I watched my (F#m) lovin' wife Of (G) fifty years, waste (D/F#) away and die And I (Em) held her hand as her (D/F#) heart of gold stopped (G) pumpin' (Asus4) (A) So, this ain't (D) nothin' He said, I learned at an early age There's things that matter and there's things that don't So if you're waiting here for me to cry, I hate To disappoint you boy, but I won't Then he reached down in the rubble And picked up a photograph Wiped the dirt off of it With the hand that he still had He put it to his lips Said, man she was somethin' But, this ain't nothin' He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand In a no win situation in a place called Vietnam And last year I watched my lovin' wife Of fifty years, waste away and die We were holding handa, as her heart of gold stopped pumpin' So, this ain't nothin' He said (G) this ain't nothin' that time won't er(D)ase And (G) this ain't nothin' money can't rep(A)lace He said, (Bm) you sit and watch your (F#m) lovin' wife Of (G) fifty years, fightin' (D/F#) for her life Then you (Em) hold her hand 'til that (D/F#) heart of gold stops (G) pumpin' Yeah, boy that's (Asus4) somethin' So, this ain't (D) nothin' No, this ain't nothin'