Back On My Feet Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Kooper
Now I've had a hard life
I been through two wives
And I've [A]lived where the rats run wild
But [C]now I'm much better and
I'm [Eb]writin' this letter
Just to [A]tell you [Am]'bout your [D]baby [G]child

[Verse 2]
So [G]Ma, I been busy and I
know you've missed me
So I'm [A]writin' this letter to you
[Am]I know[C]s it's been ten years
but [Eb]save up those sad tears
[A]Mama [Am]let m[D]e tell ya whets [G]new

[Verse 3]
[C]Look at me I'm [D]back on [G]my feet
[C]Pulled myself right [D]outa [Em]the street
[C]So glad to be [D]back on my
[G]feet right [E]now
I'm gettin' smiles [C]from the [D]people [G]I

[Interlude 1]
meet
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[Verse 4]
[G]Wontcha tell me bout Dad now
Is he still doin' bad now
[A]Workin in the same drugstore
[C]Lookin' for praise now
Did he [Eb]ever get that raise now
He's been [Am]waitin [D]twenty years [G]for

[Verse 5]
And [G]poor brother Billy is he still so silly
[A]Livin with that girl crosstown
[C]Livin off her job
[Eb]I still love that poor slob
[A]Tell him [Am]someday [D]I'll be [G]round

[Verse 6]
[C]Look at me I'm [D]back on my [G]feet
Pulled my[C]self right [D]outa [Em]the street
[C]So glad to be [D]back on my feet
[G]rig[E]ht now
I'm gettin' smiles [C]from
the [D]people [G]I m[E]eet
So glad [C]to be [D]back on my feet
[G]

[Verse 7]
Well I married this girl she was a rich girl
Took [Bb]her checkbook & a fountain pen
Wrote [C#]my name so fast now
Knew my [E]luck couldn't last now
I wro[C#]te myself three y[Eb]ears in th[G#]e pen

[Verse 8]
So I [G#]prayed to the Saviour
Got a year off for good behavior
Read the [Bb]Bible so I'd understand
Now [C#]I'm workin' steady
& I'm [E]married to Betty
Doin' my be[C#]st to be her go[Eb]od
lov[G#]in' man

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 9]
[A]Mama so long now I know
I was wrong now
Not to [B]write in such a long long while
[D]But I'll save some money and
you [F]won't think it's funny
If [D]I put you [E]& Dad up [A]in style[D]

[Verse 10]
[D]Look at me I'm [E]back on my [A]feet
[D]Pulled myself right [E]outa [F#m]the street
[D]So glad to be back [E]on my
[A]feet right [F#m]now
I'm gettin' [D]smiles from
[E]the people I [A]meet[F#m]
Don't have to [D]worry bout
noth[E]in' to [A]eat[F#m]
Now [D]doncha think it's
[E]kinda [A]neat[F#m]
Ya know I pulled [D]myself
right up [E]by [A]the seat
Of my [F#m]pants
Look [D]at me I'm back [E]on my [A]feet
[F#m]

[Outro 1]
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