A D A D
[Verse 1]
A
Throw me a life line
D
Is anybody home.
E
Seems like yesterday ‘ay I was just standing on the corner,
D
waiting for the old bon ton
[Verse 2]
A
It never was a real job
D
Never worked all the time.
E D
But it paid for a this and a that, bought the baby perfume,
D
and it kept us alive
[Break 1]
E
Oh, what I wouldn’t give to turn the
F#m
time back around and the
G D
tanka tanka accordion
[Chorus]
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
A D
I wanna keep it simple
A D
I wanna keep it strong
A
I need to help my brothers
D G A D
And help the family rise above
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
[Verse 3]
A
I miss the kind of trouble
D
That never lasted too long.
E
The kind where you could clear your mind with a couple of
D
drinks and a traveling song
[Verse 4]
A
I never had a bowl of cherries no,no
D
Now that ain’t news.
E
But I’d give anything to get back to that dirty old
D
room full of mingingy blues
[Break 2]
E
I think I’d rather have the wind and the
F#m
rain and the president’s
G D
plane and a big bass drum
[Chorus]
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
A D
I wanna keep it simple
A D
I wanna keep it strong
A
I need to help my brothers
D G A D
And help the family rise above
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
[Break 2]
E
I think I’d rather have the wind and the
F#m
rain and the president’s
G D
plane and a big bass drum
[Chorus]
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
A D
I wanna keep it simple
A D
I wanna keep it strong
A
I need to help my brothers
D G A D
And help the family rise above
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
[Outro]
A D
I wanna do right
A D
I don’t want to do wrong
