That’s the way Brantley plays it
Intro: G Cadd9 Em7 Cadd9
Verse 1:
G
Look at them boys in the back of that truck
Cadd9
Somebody oughta jerk a knot in their butts
Em7
Out ridin around like they own this town
Cadd9
Racket turned all the way up
G
It’s too early for school to let out
D/F#
The pastor’s boy just threw his cigarette out
Em7
Sure hope there ain’t beer in them cups
Cadd9
The all-star quarter backs turning them up
Chorus:
G
Yeah them boys don’t know one thing about life
Cadd9
True love and trouble, stuggles and strides
Em7
They think it’s all just fun and games
Cadd9
Like laws and rules are balls and chains
G
Treat little girls like hearts don’t break
Cadd9
Treatin old men like hands don’t shake
Em7
I pray it’s just a phase, they’re goin through
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
Oh but what are we gonna Do with them boys
Verse 2:
G
I heard ol’ Frank’s grandson got caught
Cadd9
With a case full of beer at Smith-boy’s barn
Em7
Yall didn’t hear all of this from me
Cadd9
But I heard he got it with a fake ID_
Chorus again
Instrumental is the intro once again
Bridge:
Em7
Lookin back on the times we’ve shared,
Cadd9
Rockin and roll in these rockin chairs
G D/F#
The same ones our granddaddy’s sat in
Em7
Now this old wood stone in this hardware store
Cadd9
Talkin gossip, weather and war
G D/F#
And how much trouble we were in
Em7 D/F# Cadd9
Oh you can bet they said it back then
Chorus one more time
Outro is the chorus twice more
with Brantley tagging lines like “Them boys…”
