Walk Tall

G D G Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye C G That's what my mama told me when I was about knee high C G She said son be a proud man and hold your head up high D G Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye G D G All through the years that I grew up ma taught these things to me C G But I was young and foolish then and much too blind to see C G I ignored the things she said as if I'd never heard D G Now I see and understand the wisdom of her words G D G Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye C G That's what my mama told me when I was about knee high C G She said son be a proud man and hold your head up high D G Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye G D G I started goin' places where the youngsters shouldn't go C G I got to know the kind of girls it's better not to know C G I fell in with a bad crowd and laughed and drank with them D G Through the laughter mama's words would echo now and then G D G Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye C G That's what my mama told me when I was about knee high C G She said son be a proud man and hold your head up high D G E Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye A E A I got in trouble with the law and I'm in prison now D A Through these prison bars I see things so much different now D A I've got one year left to serve and when my time is done E A I'll walk tall and straight and make ma proud to call me son A E A Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye D A That's what my mama told me when I was about knee high D A She said son be a proud man and hold your head up high E A Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye E A Walk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye E N.C. A Walk tall walk tall