--INTRO/MAIN RIFF: E-------------------------------------------2-0------| B-------------------------------------------3-1------| G---------2-2-----------2-2---------2-2-----2-0------| D---------2-2-----------2-2---------2-2-----0-2------| A-------0 0-0-----2-0-0-0-0---------0-0-------3------| E---2-3-------------------------2-3------------------| --VERSE 1: A D C A The old man was a good man, he raised his children right A A E A He taught us how to work hard and showed us how to fight A A C D Told me about the good Lord and when to use a gun C G C Made me very proud of where it is that I come from --MAIN RIFF (x1)-- --CHORUS-- B-C D E G# A When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt D E G# A Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt D E G# F# All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar C G A(stop) I may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar --MAIN RIFF-- --VERSE 2: A(stop) (banjo) Years they rolled on by, the old man turned me loose Way cross town I learned about them sad ol' country blues D Taught me how to prep my heart from trying to make it right C G C Told me not to ever break but one law at a time --MAIN RIFF (x1)-- --CHORUS: B-C D E G# A When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt D E G# A Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt D E G# F# All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar C G A(stop) I may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar --MAIN RIFF-- --BRIDGE: F# D Hope you'll wear me on your memory like a painted old tattoo B E I might not make no history book but I'll burn a page or two Yeah Pre-Lead: A D G A LEAD (Rhythm is verse chords) --CHORUS: B-C D E G# A When I die put my bones in the Dixie dirt D E G# A Look down on me smiling I don't want no feelings hurt D E G# F# All I leave behind me is a ragged old guitar C G A I may not change the world but I'm gonna leave a scar C G A(stop) I may not change the world ... but I'm gonna leave a scar --MAIN RIFF-- GCGDCA GCGDCA --END--