D                            C
Daddy was a gambler back in '72
         G
He had a taste for the night life
        B       C
And he loved his booze
         D
He had a woman on one arm
      C
And a tattoo on the other
       G                                 B
It was hard to read I don't know what it said
C                  D
Something about my mother
        D                         C
I stood over his shoulder back in Bakersfield
            G                                B     C
He had some rhinestone boots with those high ridin' heels
   D                       C
He bet a ton of money on a hand I thought was dead
           G                       B
When those 7's cleaned the table up
        C                 D
He just looked around and said

   G
R: Sometimes you win
   D
   Sometimes you won't
   A
   Sometimes you beat that devil
   D
   Sometimes you don't
   G
   We're all just killin' time
   D
   Til the good lord calls us home
   C                         G
   And the best that you can hope for is
      B  C          D
   To die  with your boots on.

D                          C
I drive a big rig run from shore to shore
           G
I've got a woman beside me
       B              C
and my name out on the door
D                                            C
I can't make no money if I don't out run the man
       G                                     B
That's why you find me streakin' through the night
C               D
Catch me if you can

R:

G
Sometimes you win
D
Sometimes you won't
          A
sometimes you'll out run that devil
D
Sometimes you don't
G                                   D                  Bm
We're all just killin' time til the good Lord calls us home
        C                 G              B C
And the best that you can hope for is to die
D
With your boots on
D
With your boots on