They Lived It Up

E
They were all kinds of crazy, but it
 kept them from going insane.
A    E                       
Ol' Hag had been in prison, and 
Johnny told him not to be ashamed.
B

A                              
Said, "If you tell the world the 
truth, you can't always look em' in 
           E
the eye."
                             B  
Then along came a branded man to 
                                  E
Sing me Back Home and Mama Tried.

2nd Verse
Hank never knew his daddy, but he 
carried on his name with his own 
      A
voice.
   E                           
As if the hand of destiny said, 
"Take this guitar son you have no 
     B
choice."
  A                                
And it led him to that mountain 
                             E
top, where he nearly lost his life.
But he lived to write a book a song,
     E
 bout how a country boy survives.

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A                             E
They lived it up and wrote it down.

They were more than drug store 
cowboys.
They've been bucked and bruised and 
         B
kicked around.
  A
They took their pain their voices 
rang.
Til the whole world sang that 
            C#m
country sound.
E                              B 
All because they lived it up, and
                           E
 they lived to write it down.

3rd Verse
E                                 
They didn't understand him when he
 wore his mohair suits and skinny 
      A
ties.
   E                               
So Willie took ol trigger and said,
 "You can kiss my Nashville ass 
    B
goodbye."
      A                            
On a Bloody Mary mornin', he was On
                           E
 the Road Again and Texas bound.
He's living it up somewhere tonight,
 E
 so he can write it down.

[Chorus]
 A                              E
 They lived it up and wrote it down.

They were more than drug store 
cowboys.
They've been bucked and bruised and 
         B
kicked around.
  A
They took their pain their voices 
rang.
Til the whole world sang that 
            C#m
country sound.
E                              B 
All because they lived it up, and
                           E
 they lived to write it down.

E                                
I think I'll live it up tonight, 
B                               E
sure hope I live to write it down.