The Beginning

Tracklist 1. Cigarettes 2. Madelyn 3. Three's A Town 4. My Best Friend (Walters Song) 5. Small Town Girls 6. Nearly Meant To Be 7. Black Sheep 8. Panadol Blues 9. Stand Clear 10. Minnesota Murderer 11. Team Ropers Anthem 12. Guess I'm Wrong Again 13. Fighting Tears 14. Team Ropers Anthem - Radio Edit *NOTE: The chords used to make this are the individual tabs I created for the songs. * - One Strum 1. Cigarettes Em G D A Em G D A Em G D A Another day in the same ol' bar, Em G D A I've drank everything, beer and whiskey this far Em G D A Dunno why I'm still here Em G D A I think I got some demons that ain't it clear C N.C. Em G D A Someday , I'll beat the cigarettes and you. Em G D A Em G D A Ain't it funny how the little things hurt Em G D A like bringing up memories like stones from the dirt. Em G D A I found a memory and it hurt me so, Em G D A I launched that stone, oh, yeah, there it goes. C N.C. Em G D A Someday , I'll beat the cigarettes and you. Em G D A Em G D A There's a bag of you that still lives here, Em G D A I ain't thrown it out, thought you'd be near. Em G D A A stretched old t-shirt, a bottle of Vok, Em G D A a Victoria Secret set I keep in my thoughts. Em* G* D* A* Come pick your shit up and walk on back Em G D A to your house of concrete, some boy named Jack. C* Someday A* someday C* B7* Em G D A She finally left me, I am a free soul, Em G D A she took everything but my heart through the door. Em G D A I live out here on sticks and stones Em G D A instead of being sad where corn don't grow. C Someday, A someday, C* someday Em G D A I'll beat the cigarettes and you Em G D A Em* 2. Madelyn C#m A E B G# C#m A All those times I used to chase you round the park E Trying to get a hold of your hand B G# Before the sun left and got too dark C#m Now all I've got is memories A And wasted sands apart E B Don't know why I let go of your precious heart A B C#m B G# So don't you go leaving without saying one last goodbye before you go C#m B E B I just need to know the reason why I can't be that their guy in your front door C#m B A B I'm losing hope in everything I've ever loved A B C#m Madely-y-y-yn oh no Intrumental A E B G# C#m* A Nice house you got here it almost looks like ours E Memories painted on the wall B G# With the new guy while I'm moving out C#m A Sleeping at a crossroads in my backseat E B While he lives my old life and I'm nearly six feet deep A B C#m B G# So don't you go leaving without saying one last goodbye before you go A B C#m B I just need to know the reason why I can't be that their guy in your front door C#m B A I'm losing hope in everything I've ever loved C#m B A B Hope in everything I've ever loved A B C#m Madely-y-y-yn oh no A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m A E B C#m 3. Three's A Town Bm F#m D A 4x Bm F#m D A And I'm looking on another round Bm F#m D A Cause this Parkside liquor can't keep voices down Bm F#m D A And I'm here on a Thursday arv Bm F#m D A Looking on Tuesday don't seem that bad Bm F#m D A Two little kids who grew up lovers Bm F#m D A Loved each day and liked the others Bm F#m D A Then came along another boy Bm F#m D A Took that lady from a lover's point Bm* D* A Help me get out Bm* D* A I know what the town is talking about Bm F#m D A About the two-man band from black soil sands Bm F#m D A Who made a killing from bleeding hands Bm F#m D A Moved up to the town of smoke Bm F#m D A Laughing and a grinning like it's a joke Bm F#m D A Two fallen lovers in a family court Bm F#m D A One wants love the other wants divorce Bm F#m D A Its plastered all over the news Bm F#m D A And you wouldn't believe, the town talks of it too Bm* D* A Help me get out Bm* D* A I know what the town is talking about Bm F#m D A About the two damned angels went each their way Bm F#m D A One on drugs, other died today Bm F#m D A Ill drink for that pretty girl Bm F#m D A Forever and always my favorite cowgirl Bm* D* A* Help me get out Bm* D* A I know what the town is talking about Bm D A Help me get out Bm D A I know what the town is talking about Bm F#m D A 2x 4. My Best Friend (Walter's Song) Cspo 1st fret G D Am C/B C G D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Well today they put you in the ground G D Am C/B C And I can't stand this damn town D C Don't worry about me I'm doing alright D C All I ask for here tonight is N.C. G That I need you here D Am C/B C To steer me right when I'm not walking down the narrow line G D Cadd9 Or tell me that there steers gonna run G I need you here D To drink some beer Am C/B C Party all night until we can't see clear G D Cadd9 And somehow walk all the way back home Am C/B C Don't worry my kids will know who you are Am C/B C I'll tell them stories while I'm crying in my car F C G Forever and always gonna be my best friend G D Am C/B C G D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 Now that you're up there I need to know something G D Am C/B C Is that pub we used to drink at that burnt to the ground still bumping G D C And everything else that's left this earth G D Am C/B C Can you look after my old horses while I'm still here on earth D C Can you go and see my grandad D C Tell him about all the times we had cause N.C. G That I need you here D Am C/B C To steer me right when I'm not walking down the narrow line G D Cadd9 Or tell me that there steers gonna run G I need you here D To drink some beer Am C/B C Party all night until we can't see clear G D Cadd9 And somehow walk all the way back home Am C/B C Don't worry my kids will know who you are Am C/B C I'll tell them stories while I'm crying in my car F C G Forever and always gonna be my best friend F C* Forever and always G My best friend Miss you Buddy G D Am C/B C G D Cadd9 5. Small Town Girls Capo 1st Fret D D A Can't seem to find me a better option Bm Start with deleting you from my concoction A D Cause this drink here is too damn strong D A Blocked you all on my social media Bm A D Deleted your number because if I think of you i'll probably say I need ya D A Caught a greyhound westbound for nowhere Bm A D Don't even care because when you left this town you're out of my damn hair D A You'd mix your drink with prescription pills That I know you stole from Will's Bm A D And I'll never understand how that's ever gonna be fun G A But you're just a rolling stone Bm A D Still looking for a home G A And you'll come back soon Bm A D Wild As a monsoon G A And you're just a small-town girl Bm D Who will never fight the demons G A D So you blame them on something from out here D A Maybe if I stayed around for a while I might have got to like that smile Bm A D The one that reeks of rum and JPS D A And when I bought that new guitar You wrapped it around my car Bm A D When I said I might leave this town and not come back D A You helped me pack on my front lawn It rained down even more Bm A D Then the rain in the middle of the flood of 2019 D A Jokes on you because I called the landlord He's gonna lock that door Bm A D No women are staying High, drunk, Dirty and off-tap D A I hope this letter finds you well I'm not praying on a wishing well Bm* A* D* Hell, I don't give two damn fucks if you listen to this G A But you're just a rolling stone Bm A D Still looking for a home G A And you'll come back soon Bm A D Wild As a monsoon G A And you're just a small-town girl Bm D Who will never fight the demons G A D A Bm So you blame them on something from out here G A D Oh you blame them on something from out here D 6. Nearly Meant To Be Capo 3rd fret D G A D D Bm A D D Met her in a bar G A D Oh, how I remember that day D Beer was flowing off tap G A D And I was the drunkest there I'd say D G D Pretty little woman who left me high and dry D G A D Who took my ass home because I was in no state to drive D Back at her place G A D I found a six string there D She said, do you play G A D I said, only if you care D G D We played all damn night until we found the morning sun D G A D She went off to work and I almost died from all the rum G A D G A But if I was a dreamer and little bit better with words Bm D I wouldn't be running away from that damn girl G A And if I weren't a cowboy then I probably would've stayed Bm A G But these roads here look so damn good to me G G* Nearly meant to be D G A D D Bm A D D Met her back at school G A D I thought that she was great D Every time I talked to her G A D She had a smile across her face D G D Dunno why, why she'd ever love me so D G A D But just of being country I had to let her go D Days rolled into night G A D And my heart still thought of her D Never gonna forgive myself G A D For what I did to her D G D She's nearly married now, I shouldn't have to feel so bad D G A D She's got that same damn smile, the same damn one I had G A D G A But if I was a dreamer and little bit better with words Bm D I wouldn't be running away from that damn girl G A And if I weren't a cowboy then I probably would've stayed Bm A G But these roads here look so damn good to me G G* Nearly meant to be D G A D D Bm A D* D* I have made mistakes G* A* D* I'm sure that we all have D* One day I'll feel G* A* D* What those married men have D* G* D A white picket fence and some kids left for the loving D G A D A letter to those special girls who made me feel like something G A D G A But if I was a dreamer and little bit better with words Bm D I wouldn't be running away from that damn girl G A And if I weren't a cowboy then I probably would've stayed Bm A G But these roads here look so damn good to me G Bm A G G G A G G* Nearly meant to be D G A D 7. Black Sheep G#m B C# 2x G#m B C# They tried to kick me out Walmart because I was pinching shit G#m B C# Cashier said wait outside, the cops will be here in a bit G#m B C# You think I was gonna sit there and let them take me in G#m* B* C#* C# So, I hopped in my truck and got unstuck as I smoked up the Michelin E B C#m If she was there by my side E B C#m If she was there by my side N.C. G#m B C# I wouldn't be locked inside G#m B C# G#m B C# Got a life ban from hooters because I was 'tryna touch the girls G#m B C# Boss man said I got a friend, he might rock your world G#m B C# I ain't had man yet knock the pretty teeth up out my head G#m B C# So, I stayed for the show and I damn made sure that boy got a hospital bed E B C#m If she was there by my side E B C#m If she was there by my side N.C. G#m B C# I wouldn't be locked inside G#m B C# E B C#m E B C#m G#m B C# G#m B C# G#m G#m B C# Found my way home after a week of hellraising G#m B C# Small town black sheep rampage, apparently i'm breathtaking G#m B C# Got hung in the centre of town with the lady standing not too far away G#m B C# Who knew that her damned actions would make me go this far and say E B C#m If she was there by my side E B C#m If she was there by my side E B C#m If she was there by my side E B C#m If she was there by my side N.C. G#m B C# I'd probably be still alive G#m Still alive B C# Go on, play 'em out boys G#m B C# 2x G#m 8. Panadol Blues Cm* Eb* Db* Ab* Cm* Eb* Db* Ab* Cm Db Ab Eb Your phone bounced my call again so I might move home instead Cm Db Ab Eb Chasing cows and roaming lands instead of you in my bed Cm Db Ab Eb And all these thoughts bouncing around my little bush boy head Bb Eb Leave me wondering if I ain't already dead Cm Eb Db Ab Eb And if I can't get out of this town it'll swallow me like pills Cm Eb Db Ab Eb Like the same ones they tried to give me when I was playing in the hills Cm Eb Db Ab Eb And if I ain't on MDMA they'll laugh me outta town Bb Eb Won't let that shit knock off my crown Cm* Eb* Db* Ab* Oh those Panadol blues Cm Db Ab Eb Ain't seen the rain in years, probably won't for more Cm Db Ab Eb Remember days of January, sleeping at our front door Cm Db Ab Eb Listening to that Luke Comb's song 'bout when it rains it pours Bb Eb It may be dry as hell but I aint ever drank so much Coors Cm Eb Db Ab Eb And if I can't get out of this town it'll swallow me like pills Cm Eb Db Ab Eb Like the same ones they tried to give me when I was playing in the hills Cm Eb Db Ab Eb And if I ain't on MDMA they'll laugh me outta town Bb Eb Won't let that shit knock off my crown Cm Eb Db Ab Eb And if I can't get out of this town it'll swallow me like pills Cm Eb Db Ab Eb Like the same ones they tried to give me when I was playing in the hills Cm Eb Db Ab Eb And if I ain't on MDMA they'll laugh me outta town Bb Eb Won't let that shit knock off my crown Cm* Eb* Db* Ab* Oh those Panadol blues Cm* Eb* Db* Ab Cm* Eb* Db* Ab Cm* Eb* Db* Ab* 9. Stand Clear Capo 1st fret G C G C* G Bm C I haven't seen her face in a while so whys she here tonight G Bm C My face lit with confusion just like her cigarette light Am C/B C G She played my songs on the jukebox as I walked in the door what a shame Am C/B C G And I bet she enjoys watching us young cowboys playing with pain C I see her in towers last summer Am Hoping that was a bummer G G/F# Em So she'd never come back C Saw her at Isa during rodeo Am Thought she'd never go though G G/F# Em Bit far away for just spite Am If you find me and her near C And the scene just aint clear G G/F# Em I'll be gone by morning light Am C* Oh if you find her here G Stand clear C G C* G Bm I drove for miles just to get away C But it seems that she's chasing me G Bm She's the one who broke the whole thing off C So I have no idea why she's in love with me Am C/B C G G/F# Em And I don't think I could pay more for gas just for her to find the way back, here to singletree Am C/B C N.C. G But If I see her license plate in the main street I'll hit highway number 3 C I see her in Flinders last season Am Hoping she had a reason G G/F# Em That she was there for some cause C Saw her at Townsville by the strand Am Sitting in the sand G G/F# Em Watching the waves roll on by Am If you find me and her near C And the scene just aint clear G G/F# Em I'll be gone by morning light Am C* Oh if you find her here G C Stand clear G C Stand clear G* 10. Minnesota Murderer G D A D G D A D G D A D There's a silver gun on my tabletop G D A D And every time I fire it, I know I'll stop G D A D I'm the Minnesota murderer can't you see G Bm A D You're the one I need the one for me G D A D Every time I walk around this here town G D A D My brain goes wild it keeps me down G Bm A D I'm the Minnesota murderer can't you see G D A D You're the one I need to set me free G Bm A D G D A D Working nine to five at a roadside diner G Bm A D If I can't hold her, I know I'll find her G Bm A D I'm the Minnesota murderer can't you see G D A D You're the one I need to feed me G D A D Slept last night outside your house G Bm A D Cause soon you might have to hear me out G Bm A D I'm the Minnesota murderer can't you see G D A D You're the one I need to watch on me G Bm A D G D A D You told me today to get out of your life G Bm A D So let me help you end our strife G Bm A D I'm the Minnesota murderer can't you see G Bm A D Yeah, I'm killing you to set me free G Bm A D K**l someone else you don't need me G D A D But you're the one I need the one for me G D A D There's a silver gun on my tabletop G D A D And every time I fire it, I know I'll stop G D A D I'm the Minnesota murderer can't you see G Bm A D You're the one I need the one for me 11. Team Ropers Anthem Capo 3rd fret (Talking) N.C. Cowboys coming into this event Chance to win eighty-seven hundred dollars a performance Remember this is only the third You could win nearly ninety grand if you won all ten rounds So, you could come out of the middle of the pack Move to the top and win a world championship This is not another rodeo it's the greatest rodeo in the world Yeah, it is the greatest rodeo, and anything can happen And it's much too early to predict anything We'll be right back with the action After we pause for this word G D C Em C Em D G Fueled up on Monday while I still had the cash D Sold some things just to cover my ass C Em Nomination fee was too much C Em D I guess I wont be eating lunch G I bet everybody’s on their way D Hoping their best try to get some pay C Em After last weeks antics C Em D Drunk under a goose neck annex G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay the bills G D C Em C Em D G From Charter Towers, Richmond back to the curry D Everybody in a hurry like Ty Murray C Em Then Isa for the big one C Em D Not gonna get outdone G Went out for a weeks work D Found some money in an old cinch shirt C Em Put an entry in looking for some paydirt C Em D Another one couldn’t hurt G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay the bills G (1 strum until the "D" chords) G Got to find myself a lift to Townsville G/F# Cause I ran out of the companies fuel bill C Em I don’t need the bullshit C D Just tell the boss to take his job and stick it G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay, G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay (Same as Intro) G D C Em C Em D x 2 G (Talking) N.C. They're separated by less than a second It's gonna be the luck of the draw and how you handle the cattle Everybody has gotta be clean And, we're clean again, take it Add seven and a quarter, you're hot boys 12. Guess I'm Wrong Again Capo 1st fret Am G C Am G C Am G Taillights on the highway C And I'm looking back G No regrets, no thoughts to say Am I'll try to give you that G C Feet feeling heavy and hands start to shaking G Am Wish I knew why my heart was breaking Am G C Ooo Am G C So don't tell me you've changed Am G Every time you come around here C G Am My head becomes the cage that you left me in G* Am G C Guess I'm wrong again Am G C Heard you drove away in a brand-new car Am G C With a pretty shifty man and I know you didn't get too far Am G C G And now you're five blocks away with a new excuse to sell C G Am And I've got a bottle of warm whiskey for my tell Am G C So don't tell me you've changed Am G C G Every time you come around here Am G C So don't tell me you've changed Am G Every time you come around here C G Am My head becomes the cage that you left me in G* Am* Guess I'm wrong again Am* Taillights on the highway C* And I'm looking back G* No regrets, no thoughts to say Am* I'll try to give you that Am* 13. Fighting Tears Capo 4th fret Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Yeah, if I could take that picture down and throw it on floor Em G/F# G Cadd9 Would it turn me into the guy you were always looking for Em G/F# G Cadd9 The signs of depression keep rolling round the bend Em G/F# G Cadd9 And I hope that my last dollar will help me on the mend Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Yeah, I know that I ain't made of clay I ain't that moldable Em G/F# G Cadd9 But God damn I can't help myself I love that rodeo Em G/F# G Cadd9 If only you knew what I was and all that I want Em G/F# G Cadd9 You'd let me roll down blacktop 'til I can't find a place to stop D C G And if you need my help then come along D C G Cause I've been going too long to be alone C D All the rank broncs and the steers Cadd9 Can't find my way past beers Em G/F# G Cadd9 And I hope I'm not the only one out here that's fighting tears Instrumetnal Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Yeah, you got a job in another town we tried to make it work Em G/F# G Cadd9 But all the signs kept leading me to black soil dirt Em G/F# G Cadd9 But the lonesome whistle echoes on for everyone to hear Em G/F# G Cadd9 After we broke up, my Brightside shine, everything is clear Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 In another town in another year, they had one on near there Em G/F# G Cadd9 After the ride me and my boys went out to clear the air Em G/F# G Cadd9 And across the stop in a roadside bar off of hammer avenue Em G/F# G Cadd9 Was a stripping girl from my hometown with a devil tattoo Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Tried to take her back home and get her on the straight and right Em G/F# G Cadd9 Took a photo on an old iPhone to commemorate the night Em G/F# G Cadd9 If I could go back all them years I wouldn't married her Em G/F# G Cadd9 And fixed the broken glass that is my past to make this girl her D C G And if you need my help then come along D C G Cause I've been going too long to be alone C D All the rank broncs and the steers Cadd9 Can't find my way past beers Em G/F# G Cadd9 And I hope I'm not the only one out here that's fighting tears Instrumetnal Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 First round of rehab didn't seem to work for you Em G/F# G Cadd9 After two long months at a county jail, I set a table for two Em G/F# G Cadd9 I said I'll send you back there one last time, try for gold this year Em G/F# G Cadd9 Cause your daughters graduating and I'm sure she wants you here Em G/F# G Cadd9 Em G/F# G Cadd9 Come around September time we all thought she was good Em G/F# G Cadd9 But there's something in the bottle and a dollar store backwood Em G/F# G Cadd9 We found her by the rafters of her old two trailer home Em G/F# G Cadd9 The only one who knows is a porcelain garden gnome Em G/F# G Cadd9 (1 strum each chord) Em Cadd9 Laid her down in our hometown we really fought for her Em Cadd9 Her mum and dad picked a coffin out of old Fraser fur Em G/F# G Cadd9 They told me not to bash myself I did all I could Em G/F# G Cadd9 Told me if I'm down, come around, tell us all the things you could D C G And if you need my help then come along D C G Cause I've been going too long to be alone C D All the rank broncs and the steers Cadd9 Can't find my way past beers Em G/F# G Cadd9 And I hope I'm not the only one out here that's fighting tears Em G/F# G Cadd9 And I hope I'm not the only one out here that's fighting tears 14. Team Ropers Anthem - Radio Edit Capo 3rd fret G D C Em C Em D G Fueled up on Monday while I still had the cash D Sold some things just to cover my ass C Em Nomination fee was too much C Em D I guess I wont be eating lunch G I bet everybody’s on their way D Hoping their best try to get some pay C Em After last weeks antics C Em D Drunk under a goose neck annex G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay the bills G D C Em C Em D G From Charter Towers, Richmond back to the curry D Everybody in a hurry like Ty Murray C Em Then Isa for the big one C Em D Not gonna get outdone G Went out for a weeks work D Found some money in an old cinch shirt C Em Put an entry in looking for some paydirt C Em D Another one couldn’t hurt G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay the bills G (1 strum until the "D" chords) G Got to find myself a lift to Townsville G/F# Cause I ran out of the companies fuel bill C Em I don’t need the bullshit C D Just tell the boss to take his job and stick it G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay, G From destiny downs, Saturday night live D Old flutes ranch got one done plus five C N.C. We got one on the head C N.C. One on the heels C D Open team ropers tryna pay (Same as Intro) G D C Em C Em D x 2 G