Gadd4 | G[1] |  G[2]
E | 3 -- | 3 --  | 3
B | 1 -- | 0 -- | 3
G | 0 -- | 0 -- | 0
D | 0 -- | 0 -- | 0
A | 2 -- | 2 -- | 2
E | 3 ---| 3 -- | 3
E|---------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
F C Am Gadd4 (the Gadd4 is played only on the final downstrum)

F                                                C
pay my respects to the company store
          Am                                                   Gadd4
i ain't got no money, don't want no more
F                                                C
pay my respects to the company boys
              Am                     Gadd4
and just move along
              F                                  C 
i worked hard for every little bit i got
          Am                                         Gadd4
i got lucky once on some advice
            F                                           C
met a dark haired girl at the mississippi moon
             Am
musta left by mistake one night
        G[1]              Gadd4  G[1] (hold)
in a hurry lord
                               F                      C
and that ain't the hardest part
Am   
the hardest part is lovin
F                         C             G[1]  Gadd4 G[2]
somebody that cares for you
so much  [back to verse chords]

promises don't pay cash at the bank
if they did i'm bettin your word
you couldn't pay me for the time that it took to write a check
to buy a babydoll for my girl
and I worked hard for every little bit I got
the things I got are gonna stay
and it's been flooding so hard on them company mines
that you know it's gonna flood someday
and you're gonna miss someone

                              F                      C
and that ain't the hardest part
Am   
the hardest part is lovin
F                         C             G[1]  Gadd4 G[2]
somebody that cares for you
                            F                    C
no that ain't the hardest part
Am
the hardest part is workin'
F                                C
and i've worked enough

[Bridge]
 
G                                               Am7
I can stretch that penny like a silver line
rollin through the pages of my life
underneath your name where it's underlined
[guitar drops out]
i've been turned around i been mystified by

C       Am       F     C
true love
C                                       Am      G[1]  Gadd4 G[2]
and that ain't the hardest part
                   C    Am     F   C
talkin bout true love
oh and that ain't the hardest part

G[1]  Gadd4 G[2] x 4

[Outro]
                             F                 C   Am  Gadd4
that ain't the hardest part

[ritardando (slow down)]
F C Am