Ron Pope – I Gotta Change Or Im Gonna Die (Guitar)

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Pain pills started for a backache, doctor dropped me like a lead weight.

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Now I cop off the interstate, bout 15 miles from here.

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I'm not the type you would expect, I work harder than a son of a bitch.

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Trying to raise up these three kids, And keep em clothed and fed.

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What's a man worth if he can't work?

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Was I really made as a rich man's hammer?

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Is this all there'll ever be for me?

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I gotta change or I'm gonna die, I wanna live so I'm gonna try,

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Give it my best, this ain't a test I plan to fail.

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Where I come from, they'll break a man,

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What I got now, I built with these hands.

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I'm not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails,

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This ain't a test I plan to fail.

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Oxys beat me like I owed them money, Still on my feet and I feel like running,

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Maybe somewhere it's always summer, And leave these cares behind.

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But I've got folks who depend on me, I rise in the dark cause I still believe there's

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Something good I just can't see yet, Up around the bend.

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I gotta change or I'm gonna die, I wanna live so I'm gonna try,

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Give it my best, this ain't a test I plan to fail.

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Where I come from, they'll break a man,

            A                       Bm  A
What I got now, I built with these hands.

          G                     D                A
I'm not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails,

G                    Bm        A
This ain't a test I plan to fail.

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I used to never take an Advil, But if I don't earn we don't pay bills

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Inside I'm screaming like an anvil, When iron and hammer meet.

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         G                   D            A                Bm  A
I gotta change or I'm gonna die, I wanna live so I'm gonna try,

            G                  D                A
Give it my best, this ain't a test I plan to fail.

             G                     D
Where I come from, they'll break a man,

            A                       Bm  A
What I got now, I built with these hands.

          G                     D                A
I'm not afraid to get a little dirt beneath my nails,

G                    Bm        A
This ain't a test I plan to fail.

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Lord, this ain't a test I plan to fail.