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[Verse]
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He was standing in the rubble
GD
Of an old farmhouse outside of Birmingham
When some on-the-scene reporter
GA
Stuck a camera in the face of that old man
D
He said, tell the folks, please mister
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What are you gonna do
G
Now that this twister has taken
Em
All that's dear to you
BmA
The old man just smiled and said
G
Boy, let me tell you something
ADA
This ain't nothin'
[Chorus]
GAsus4A
He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old
DD/F#EmD/F#
That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole
GAsus4A
And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand
DD/F#EmD/F#
In A no-win situation in a place called Vietnam
BmF#m
And last year I watched my lovin' wife
GD/F#
Of fifty years, waste away and die
EmD/F#GAsus4A
And I held her hand as her heart of gold stopped pumpin'
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So, this ain't nothin'
[Verse 2]
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He said, I learned at an early age
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There's things that matter and there's things that don't
So if you're waiting here for me to cry, I hate
GA
To disappoint you boy, but I won't
D
Then he reached down in the rubble
D7/F#
And picked up a photograph
G
Wiped the dirt off of it
Em
With the hand that he still had
BmA
He put it to his lips
G
Said, man she was somethin'
ADA
But, this ain't nothin'
[Chorus]
GAsus4A
He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old
DD/F#EmD/F#
That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole
GAsus4A
And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand
DD/F#EmD/F#
In A no-win situation in a place called Vietnam
BmF#m
And last year I watched my lovin' wife
GD/F#
Of fifty years, waste away and die
EmD/F#GAsus4A
And I held her hand as her heart of gold stopped pumpin'
D
So, this ain't nothin'
[Bridge]
GD
He said this ain't nothin' that time won't erase
GA
And this ain't nothin' money can't replace
[Entro]
BmF#m
He said, you sit and watch your lovin' wife
GD/F#
Of fifty years, fightin' for her life
EmD/F#G
Then you hold her hand 'til that heart of gold stops pumpin'
Asus4
Yeah, boy that's somethin'
D
So, this ain't (D) nothin'