Lifers

Bm Bm He wakes with the chickens and the Waco sun Em G He's got mouths to feed and cattle to run Bm Same as his daddy and his daddy done G It's all he's ever known Bm In this modern world movin' break-neck fast Em G He's a dyin' breed, a thing of the past Bm He'll be damned if he don't hit back G If you stand in his way A When there's nothin' more to say G So here's to the lifers The struggle-and-strifers D A Workin' long after the day is done G Here's to the broke-backs The cowboys in old hats D A The last of the Great Generation Em It seems they still dream Bm She's a renaissance girl with a fire in her soul Em G She's got a pocket full of nothin', nobody tells her "no" Bm She flew into town twenty years ago G With a guitar and a song Bm She's been playin' them rooms but she ain't got far Em G Been livin' off tips in them Broadway bars Bm She's a troubadour queen but time left its mark G The scene's passed her by A In a world that's passed her by G So here's to the lifers The struggle-and-strifers D A Workin' long after the day is done G Here's to the broke-backs The cowboys in old hats D A The last of the Great Generation Em It seems they still dream Bm G No, they don't give up and they don't give in D A When things don't go their way Bm G Yeah we're gettin' knocked down, yeah we're gettin' back up D A Live to die another day G So here's to the lifers The struggle-and-strifers D A Workin' long after the day is done G Here's to the broke-backs The cowboys in old hats D A The last of the Great Generation Em It seems they still dream Bm