G F Bend but don't Break give befor you take C Always look em right in the eye no cord G F C G These are words to live by. Verse 1 G F Jim proposed to sue she said I do C G they eloped into a summer's night G F Heading for Loredo that's the way wind blew C G They got in their first real fight. G F Standing at the alter shoe's and her halter C G Jim sweating out his Sunday best G F Looking all around them but nobody found them C G And this is what the preacher said Chorus G F Bend but don't break give before you take C G Always look em right in the eye G F Always have a reason dress right for the seaon C G(stop) Never cheat and never lie G F C G (2x's) Repeat from 1st G Thes are words to live by Verse 2 G F Billy's washing dishes and all the time he wishes C G he could find a better way G F yea and no season had rain for a country singer C G bound for a life of that foutune and fame G F He wrote a couple songs and they got a long C G into the hands of a bad Nashville man G F Playin on the radio and he ain't never seen no doe C G looks back down at them ugly pots and pans Chorus Bridge C You know time in our life are nervous and reckless G Sometimes it's hard just to get by C Ain't good to know that we can still grow. D So gimme one word ad tell me one time Verse 3 G F Always me and mother and never were no other C G Daddy died when I was just three G F Always understood that she did the best she could C G I needed someone right there momma would be G F I never thought twice to ask for advise C G when I got crazy in my head G F What ever the cause she would slowly pause C(stop) And this is what momma said. Chorus (2x) G F C G 2x