Singin Thing(Chords)

	        Intro 
 G         D         C         D 


verse 1 
          G 
I learned G, C, and D 
     D 
On a hand-me-down guitar 
    C 
At thirteen all my heroes 
D 
Were country music stars 
       G 
When I played those songs for mama 
        D 
Oh, the smile it would bring 
    C 
And lookin' back 
                      D 
That's when I fell in love 
          G                C 
With this singin' thing 


Instrumental 
 G          C 


verse 2 
   G 
My first payin' gig 
          D 
Was Uncle Jim's birthday bash 
     C 
When I got through, they passed the hat 
       D 
I made eighteen dollars cash 
        G 
Who'd-a thought they'd pay good money 
    D 
For bendin' guitar strings 
       C                                 D 
But it made me think that I might have a chance 
        G             C             G              C 
At this singin' thing 


Instrumental 
G            C 


Chorus 
        C 
And I'd do it all for nothin' 
        G 
And I'd do it all again 
     Am 
It's who I want to be 
         G 
And it's who I've always been 
     C 
Some folks may call me crazy 
       Em 
Just a fool out chasin' dreams 
    Am                G             C              D 
But in my heart, it's everything to me 


verse 3 
            G 
When all my friends went off to college 
          D 
I went to school in honkytonks 
      C 
I got my degree in readin' crowds 
D 
And writin' country songs 
          G 
Well, they say this road ain't easy 
        D 
Lord, I know what they mean 
C                                    D 
But it's been worth all the dues I've had to pay 
         G              C 
For this singin' thing 


Instrumental 
 G          C 


Chorus 
    C 
I'd do it all for nothin' 
        G 
And I'd do it all again 
     Am 
It's who I want to be 
         G 
And it's who I've always been 
     C 
Some folks may call me crazy 
       Em 
Just a fool out chasin' dreams 
    Am                G             C       D      C 
But in my heart, it's everything to me 


verse 4 
     G 
As I stand here on this stage 
    D 
And play for you tonight 
C 
I know why I'm a lucky man 
D 
To live this kind of life 
G 
When those lights come up 
      D 
And I hear those guitars ring 
C                                        D 
I tip my hat to each and every one of you 
    C                         D 
And I thank God that I get to do 
     G 
This singin' thing 


Instrumental 
 G          C 

Outro 
          G 
I learned G, C, and D 
     D 
On a hand-me-down guitar 
   C                    D 
At thirteen all my heroes 
N.C 
Were country music stars 

Instrumental 
 G         D          C           D
	        

Written by James Dean Hicks/Tim Johnson/Jon Wolfe