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Date: 11/1/96; 12:27:43 AM
From:
[email protected] (Gene L. Graham)
Subject: I GOT IT HONEST
I GOT IT HONEST
Recorded by Aaron Tippin
Words and music by A. Tippin, B. Burke and M. Johnson
[D] It ain t nothin but a small frame house on an [G] acre [D] lot
It ain t that much diff rent from any other [A7] house on the [D] block
And it may not look like we got our [G] share of the pro-[D] mise
But at least one thing s for [A7] sure, I GOT IT [D] HONEST.
Roll out of the sack ev ry mornin , head on down to the mill
Give em all I got for eight, cause that s the deal
If you ll check out my paycheck
Well, you ll see that there ain t that much on it
But ev ry single penny I m paid, I GOT IT HONEST.
I [G] never had to hang my head in shame
For [D] puttin a price tag on my name
[G] Never turned back on what I believe
Or [E] let my heart be ruled by [A7] greed
Cause [D] buddy if I didn t [G] earn it, I don t [D] want it
That way I can always [A7] say, I GOT IT [D] HONEST.
Now you ain t looking at some dude
That was born with a Silver spoon in his mouth
And I might seem like some kind of low-life
To that high-falutin crowd
But I m plain spoken, straight talkin
And damn proud of what I have accomplished
Some folks appreciate that and some don t
But, I GOT IT HONEST.
CHANGE TO E:
Now when I die, I may not leave my kids a fortune
But I hope they knowed my life stood for things that were important
And I ll hand out the same sturdy old values of my daddy and my momma
It made me every ounce of what I am and I GOT IT HONEST.
CHORUS