D
I gotta thank a small town preacher
      A
Makin me a hymn singer
      G                        D
On the sunday's mamma made me go
                D                        A
I gotta thank a high school teacher for believin' in a dreamer
    G                        D
And steering me down the road
              D                      A
I gotta thank my granddaddy for the saturday's on the lake
G                           D
Cookin' 'em and reelin' 'em in
                  D                   A
I gotta thank the boys I raised all kind of hell with
G                                  D
Couldn't ask for better best friends


[Chorus 1]
              D
I gotta thank earnhardt
             A
Springsteen, luke skywalker
    G                       D
For filling up my memory bank
              D             A
I gotta thank jd, jim beam, mr. anheuser
      G                      D
For a friday night good time drink
              D
I gotta thank mama and my daddy
A                       G                       D
For eighteen years then gasin' up the chevrolet tank
D
No matter who you are
A               G                D
Everybody's got somebody to thank


[Interlude]
D A G


[Verse 2]
D
I gotta thank an old coon dog
A                        G                     D
For licking my hand on days I was feeling alone
                 D
I gotta thank my old man's brother
      A
For a tour in the jungle
        G                    D
Just to keep us all safe at home
                D
I gotta thank a next door neighbor
     A
For calling that number
     G                        D
That morning our house caught fire
                D
I gotta thank a midwest farmer
      A
For a teenage summer
G                            D
With a boy he didn't have to hire


[Chorus 2]
D
I gotta thank beau, luke, mellencamp
A               G                    D
Joe montana for filling up my memory bank
              D             A
I gotta thank jd, jim beam, mr anheuser
      G                         D
For a friday night good time drink
              D
I gotta thank mama and my daddy
    A                   G                       D
For eighteen years then gasin' up the chevrolet tank
          D
No matter who you are
A               G                D
Everybody's got somebody to thank


[Bridge]
D                     A               G
No I ain't forgot and I'll never forget
              Bm            A
I gotta thank God for every day I've had
    G              A
And every day I'll get


[Chorus 3]
                  D
I gotta thank the love of my life
A
Every day and night
G                           D
For filling up my memory bank
              D             A
I gotta thank jd, jim beam, mr anheuser
      G                        D
For a friday night good time drink
              D
I gotta thank mama and my daddy
    A                   G                       D
For eighteen years then gasin' up the chevrolet tank
          D
No matter who you are
A               G           D
Everybody's got somebody to thank
          D
No matter who you are
A               G           D
Everybody's got somebody to thank


[Outro]
D A G x2
D