Birthday Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][F][C][Am][G][F][C][Am]
[G][F]
Which one's [C]the birthday

[Verse 1]
boy?
(She said) I [Am]ain't got all [G]night[F]
What'd your momma [C]name you?
You [Am]can call me what you like
[G]

[Verse 2]
[F]
Every skin is [C]a mystery
Gotta [Am]make it hard somehow
[G]Sit[F] your narrow ass do[C]wn, hotshot
I'll [Am]solve yours right now

[Interlude 1]
[G][F]
[C][Am][G][F][C][Am][G]
[F]
Got [C]a girlfriend, don't

[Verse 3]
you, boy?
[Am]Nervous hands can[G]'t [F]lie
Married men [C]don't ask how much
[Am]Single ones [G]ain't buying

[Verse 4]
[F]
One day you've [C]got everything
[Am]Next day it's all [G]broke
[F]Let Miss Trixie sit up [C]front
[Am]Let her wipe your [G]nose
[F][C]

[Interlude 2]
[Am][G][F][C][Am]
[G]
[F]Working

[Verse 5]
for the money like
you got eight hands
[C]Flat on your back under a [G]mean old man
Just [F]thinking happy thoughts
and breathing deep
[C]

[Verse 6]
[Dm]Between your momma's
[Am]drive and [G]daddy's belt
[F]It [C]don't take smarts to lea[Am]rn to tune
out what hurts more than helps
[G]

[Verse 7]
[F]The pretty girls from the smallest towns
[C]Get remembered like
[G]storms and droughts
That [F]old men talk about
for years to come
[C]

[Verse 8]
[Dm]
I guess that's [Am]why they give u[G]s [F]names
So [C]a few old men can say
[Am]They saw us rain when we were young

[Interlude 3]
[G][Am][G][F][C]
[Am][G][F][C][Am][G][F]
[C][Am][G][F][C][Am][G][F]

[Verse 9]
Which one's the [C]birthday boy?
(She[Am]said) I ain't got
all [G]night[F]
What'd your momma [C]name you?
You can [Am]call me what you like

[Outro 1]
[G][F]