Thats Why I Sing This Way

D A E A A My momma used to tell me son you better get your work done E You’re daddy’s comin home at five E And if you ain’t all through E With the chores you gotta do A Boy I’m gonna tan you alive A I was glued to the radio listening to D My hero’s sing them sad old songs A Singin ‘em sadder than one car funeral E A Nobody sings like Jones D I’d take that old kitchen broom up to my room A and play it like an old guitar B Or sit out on the porch trying to sing E like George dream about becoming a star A Well the things I never did when I was D just a kid made me what I am today A You see momma used to whip me with a George Jones album E A that’s why I sing, this way. D A E A A So I ended up in Nashville working at a sawmill E just to be close to stars But I got a little broke but I couldn’t ask my folks A so I had to hock my old guitar Well I still hang around Tooties Orchid Lounge D thinkin he’ll walk through that door A But a voice in my mind said your wastin’ time E A Cause George don’t drink no more. D I used to take that old kitchen broom up to my room A and play it like an old guitar B Or sit out on the porch trying to sing E like George dream about becoming a star A Well the things I never did when I was D just a kid made me what I am today A You see momma used to whip me with a George Jones album E A that’s why I sing, this way. D A B E A Well the things I never did when I was D just a kid made me what I am today A You see momma used to whip me with a George Jones album E A that’s why I sing, this way. D A Momma used to whip me with a George Jones album E A that’s why I sing, this way.