Lifetime To Prove

(verse 1)

F
My pockets are empty though my wife 
has sent me,
       Bb
To the store for some cigarettes and
 bread,
          F
I started walkin there, got as far 
as the square,
       C
Then smell of beer went to my head,
    F
The thing about beer, it can make a 
man hear,
Bb
Voices from days long since past,
         F                      
And with every third drink it'll 
 C
make you think,
          Bb                C
That your youth will always last,

          Bb
No matter which way you move,
           F                   
It takes a lifetime to prove to 
     C
yourself,
                  Dm
I could have been more,
      Bb              F     C    
I got one foot in the door, I 
           F
just want one more,



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(verse 2)
I thought of a time when my future 
was mine,
IT didn't matter what anyone said,
I was handsome and strong and when I
 walked along,
I stood erect and looked straight 
ahead,
But when I lost my fight, goin to 
turn tonight,
Somewhere along the line Ilost my 
will,
And now I'm sitting here, my life's 
full of beer,
And I try to pretend it's not real,


(chorus)
          Bb
No matter which way you move,
           F                   
It takes a lifetime to prove to 
     C
yourself,
                  Dm
I could have been more,
      Bb              F     C    
I got one foot in the door, I 
           F
just want one more,




SOLO (CHORD CHANGE TO G)
(verse 3)

G
These days I barely survive on lot 
number five,
      C
In the mobile acres on the eastside 
of town,
    G
I swore this kind of life I'd never 
lead,

   D
I guess I let too many things get me
 down,
     G
If my papy could see what they done 
to me,
   C
I swear he'd march down there and 
make it all right,
               G                  
But he's long since gone and I'm old
D
 enough now,
                     C          
I should be able to fight my own 
   D
fight,


(chorus)
          C
No matter which way you move,
           G                   
It takes a lifetime to prove to 
     D
yourself,
                  Em
I could have been more,
      C               G     D    
I got one foot in the door, I 
           G
just want one more,
      C               G     D    
I got one foot in the door, I 
           G
just want one more,