INTRO: F C G

#1.
C                                            G
I've spent the lifetime making up my mind to be,
G
more than the measure of what I thought others 
      C
could see.
C             G                  C           C7
Good luck and fast bucks they're too few and too 
      F
far between.
        G
There's Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers 
     C
like me.

#2.
C                                             G
She stood beside me letting me know she would be,
G                                               C
something to lean on when everything ran out on me.
C
Well, fenced yards ain't hole cards and like as not 
           F       G
never will be..the reason for rhymers and old five 
                C
and dimers like me.


INTERLUDE: G F C F C G


#3.
           C                                     G
Well, it's taken me so long now, that I know I believe,
G                                       C
all that I do or say is all I ever will be.
C                                       C7          F
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to see.
G                                                  C
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me.
   G                                       C  F
An old five and dimer is all I intended to be.

OUTRO:
C                                                     
You know country people don't shine their boots very 
      F
often.
                     C                         G       
And they don't shine other folks' boots either.
C
thank you.