G     C     G      C

[Chorus]
G                          C                                    G                            D
And I've been carrying my trouble, in this pack strapped to my shoulder, ever since I was a baby 
                        G
I've been running from everything I know
G                            C                               G                             D
Don't you tell me 'bout my trouble, nobody knows about my trouble,nobody knows about my trouble, 
                        G       C    G
except for my baby and me

[Verse]
G              C                           G                                      D
I was born a cowboy, way out west in New Mexico,but times were tough we had to let it go, we 
                         G
moved to town but they couldn't move it outta me
G                  C                               G                                   D Dsus2 D
It's way down in my blood, thicker than anyone understood, nobody thought that i ever would,   
                              G      C     G
get away with the trouble in me 
 
[Chorus]
G                          C                                    G                            D
And I've been carrying my trouble, in this pack strapped to my shoulder, ever since I was a baby 
                         G
I've been running from everything I know
G                            C                               G                             D
Don't you tell me 'bout my trouble, nobody knows about my trouble,nobody knows about my trouble, 
                        G       C    G
except for my baby and me

[Verse]
G                      C                                        G                            D
Well, it didn't take too long, for the pills and the bottom of a bottle, to dig a deep grave 
                      G
with a shovel and bury everything that a young boy needs
G                    C                                  G                              D Dsus 2 D
But I found me a guitar, one lonley night in a border town, the pain I started to write it down,
                               G    D   G
but it wouldn't stay away from me

[Chorus]
G                          C                                    G                            D
And I've been carrying my trouble, in this pack strapped to my shoulder, ever since I was a baby 
                      G
I've been running from everything I know
G                            C                               G                             D
Don't you tell me 'bout my trouble, nobody knows about my trouble,nobody knows about my trouble, 
                        G       C    G
except for my baby and me

[Verse]
G                         C                                   G                             D
Well, I got the hell outta there, I made my way up to the big town, checked myself into the lost 
                     G
and found and  what d'ya know my baby'd come for me
G                         C                                    G                        D Dsus2 D
But now I'm living the good life, away from all of your bad advice,take every day like it's a         
                               G      C  G
paradise so people stay away from me

[Chorus]
G                          C                                    G                            D
And I've been carrying my trouble, in this pack strapped to my shoulder, ever since I was a baby 
                        G
I've been running from everything I know
G                            C                               G                             D
Don't you tell me 'bout my trouble, nobody knows about my trouble,nobody knows about my trouble, 
                        G       C    G
except for my baby and me