Middle Finger Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I k[C]eep[G] my[C][D][G][D][G]
fist raised
up full time [C]against the [G]world
Sometimes with the family [D]an
d sometimes with a girl
Yeah, you [G]think I've learned my lesson,
I'm a [C]man who's been around
[G]But I could [D]never keep that
middle finger [G]down
Well, I'm still hanging on and I
think [C]God takes [G]care of fools
I broke a lotta hearts [D]and
I broke a lotta rules
Yet [G]somehow I survived with
[C]a bit of dummy luck
But I [G]could [D]never keep that
finger from sticking [G]up

[Verse 2]
[G]I could never keep, I[C] could never keep
[G]I could never keep my l[D]ife from
burning to the ground
You'd [G]think I learned my lesson,
I'm [C]a man who's been around
But I [G]could nev[D]er keep that middle
finger [G]down
[C][G][C][G][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]I'm a grudge-holding jerk jerk
who starts [C]feuds with [G]a wink
A sharp-tongued SOB SOB [D]who
speaks before he thinks
I've [G]learned from my losses and
[C]I know when I'm wrong
Still, [G]my [D]life's sadder than
an old country [G]song
[D]I

[Verse 4]
[G]could never keep, I cou[C]ld never keep
[G]I could never keep my l[D]ife from
burning to the ground
You'd [G]think I learned my lesson,
I'm [C]a man who's been around
But [G]I could n[D]ever keep that middle finger down
[G][D][G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][D][C][G][D]
[G][C][G][C][G][D]
[G]So if you

[Verse 5]
looked at my life,
if you [C]took [G]a little peek
You'd say, "Good Lord, let it go,
man, [D]just turn the other cheek"
I don't know how to let [G]it go,
I just don't [C]know how to behave
I was [G]born with [D]this affliction
and I'll take it to [G]the grave
[D]I

[Verse 6]
[G]could never keep, I c[C]ould never keep
[G]I could never keep my life from
[D]burning to the ground
You'd [G]think I learned my lesson,
I'm [C]a man who's been around
But [G]I could n[D]ever keep
that middle finger [G]down
I could never keep (no), I
[C]could never keep (no)
[G]I could n[D]ever k[G]eep my l[D]ife from
burning to the ground
You'd [G]think I learned my lesson,
[D]I'm a [C]man who's been around
But [G]I could n[D]ever keep that middle
finger [G]down

[Outro 1]
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