Tom: G
G D G D
[Verse 1]
G D
He got the scars of fire burning down his legs
G D
That’s alright he don’t use em anyway
G D
He got a two dollar bill from ma
G D
Cause he’s still her man just the same
G
Just the same, lo-de-lo
D G D
[Verse 2]
G D
She drives him to work on weekdays
G D
Takes some pills and she lies around the place
G D
Waiting for Y & R to begin
G D G
She runs to the store for Sonomas and gin
D G D
[Chorus]
C Bb Am
And though it’s been years since the accident
G
He’s still her man
C G A
Since the day that she followed the ambulance
D C G
To her front door and found themm inside
A
John Sr. died
G
That night
D G D
[Verse 3]
G D
Somehow little Johnny survived
G D
Through flames the paramedics heard his cries
G D
Day in day out it picks her apart
G D G
She’d send him away if she ever found the heart
D G D
[Chorus]
C Bb Am
And though it’s been years since the accident
G
He’s still her man
C G A
Since the day that she followed the ambulance
D C G
To her front door and loaded them inside
A
That mama cried
[Outro]
G A
So she’ll push him around for the rest of his life
D G
Though he can’t say a word in return
G A
A sick man’s mother, a dead man’s wife
D G
She’s long out of lessons to learn
A D G
D G D G
