Fifty Years too Late
Drake White
This is a very bluesy song. I like to hammer on the E every couple of beats
and palm mute the majority of the song.
Intro: E G A E
Verse 1
E
I love spring and dogs and rusty screen doors
G
Candle light on creaky wood floors
A E
A good sunrise and fireflys in a jar, yessir
E
A banjo ringing through the pines
G A
The way I feel on homemade wine and jug fishing
E
Under a sky full of stars
Pre-Chorus 1
A E
Said I'm okay, yes, I'm just fine
A
Just wish the world would move slower
B
Or that I could go back in time
Chorus
E
Well, but I'm still a down home southern boy
G A E
I don't need nothing just enough to get me by
E A
I was raised at an early age when you shake a man's hand
A E
You look him square in the eye
E G
Well, I'm a real cool, old school, don't you lie to me fool
A E
There ain't a damn thing about me fake
E G
I'm a modern day John Wayne, got my daddy's last name
A E E G A E
Born fifty years too late, yep
Verse 2
E G
So whatever happened to an honest day's work
A E
Sweating hard in a flannel shirt
E G
It's a fast paced rat race, no giving all take
A E
Who's gonna finish first
E G A E
Nowadays it's safe to say that a damn dog's got more rights
E G
Cause the administration's trying to rule the population
A E
Folks, we gotta stand up, we gotta fight
Pre-Chorus 2
A E
But I don't complain, just take it all in stride
A
It just seems this whole world, it has changed
B
Almost overnight
(Repeat Chorus)
Instrumental: E G A E (4X)
(Repeat Chorus)
