"It Works For Me"
By: Toby Keith
Album: Unleashed
Transcribed by: Brian Frugoni
Questions/comments/corrections: brianfrugoni@yahoo.com

Capo 2

Depending on where you sing, you can either capo 2 and
play as written here, or you can transcribe up 2 half
steps and play without the capo.  For example, the
verse would then be played:
E C#m A B

       D
Never owned a brand new car, 
never worked in a white collar
       Bm
Never held a woman longer 
than I held one single dollar
       G
Never went out chasing rainbows 
cause there can't be that much too it
        A
And even if I found my pot of gold 
I'd probably piss right through it

      D
Can't remember ever wanting 
for one second of my life
      Bm
Even if I did, it cost too much 
to ever pay the price
      G
I don't dance out on the dark side,
ain't no secrets I can tell
       A                                
So you don't have to say a prayer for me, 
                     D
I just said one for myself

Chorus:
              G A         D
I'm living my life under my terms
                G          A           Bm
I'm calling the shots, as far as I can see
        G          A                Bm          G
I don't owe nobody nothing, I don't answer to a soul
                       A         D
Might not work for you...but it works for me

         D
I've been bent and bruised and broken 
and flat busted once or twice
         Bm
I brought most of it upon myself 
but I never compromised
     G
My pride's too hard to swallow 
so I've chewed a lot of it
     A
Mild mannered and soft hearted, 
hard headed as you get

   D
I live out on the back porch 
where I walk my country mile
           Bm
And if it's so good in the city 
why don't anybody smile
        G
All the traffics always heavy 
and the air ain't fit to breathe
        A
I'm not saying it's wrong for you, 
                            D
it just don't make sense to me