Good Ole Boys


Don Williams Good Ole Boys Like Me Tuning:CAPO 2nd Fret Intro: (Hold the basic framework of a G chord, so that you can sustain the first note.) e|---------------| b|-----0---0-----| G|-------2-------| D|---0-------0h2-| A|---------------| E|-3-------------| e|-----------------| b|-----0-----------| G|-------0h2-0-----| D|---0---------0h2-| A|-----------------| E|-3---------------| (Repeat a couple of times) Verses: G D C D C D When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed G D C D C D With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head Em D Then daddy came in to kiss his little man Em D With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand C D He talked about honor and things I should know C D Then he'd stagger a little as he went out the door CHORUS: G D Em D C D I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees G D Em D C And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me D Hank and Tennessee C D Em D C I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be D G So what do you do with good ole boys like me Repeat Intro between Chorus & 2nd Verse Between Chorus & 3rd Verse, you play this: G D C D e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-------0-------------3-------------1------------3-----| G|-----0---0---0-----2---2---2-----0--0---0-----2---2---| D|---0-------0-----0-------0-----2------2-----0-------0-| A|---------------0-------------3------------0-----------| E|-3----------------------------------------------------| Last Chorus: G D Em D C D I can still hear the soft Southern winds in the live oak trees G D Em D C And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me D Hank and Tennessee C D Em D C I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be D Em D C So what do you do with good ole boys like me D So what do you do with good ole boys like me Outro: e|-----------------| b|-----0-----------| G|-------0h2-0-----| D|---0---------0h2-| A|-----------------| E|-3---------------| (x3, the strum a G chord)