23
Recorded by Chayce Beckham
Album: Single (2021)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
|(Am) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(Dm) / / / |
|(Am) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |
 
(Verse)
(Am)Simple as my (C)mama said when (G)I was very (Dm)young
She (Am)told me not to (C)worry, son, one (G)day you'll be some-(Dm)one
But (Am)here I am at (C)twenty one as (G)loaded as a stage-(Dm)coach shotgun
I'm (Am)sorry mamma, (C)please don't look at (G)me/ / / |
|(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |

(Verse)
Yeah, when I (Am)got to Oklahoma, I was (C)seventeen
My papa (G)taught me how to work, and Lord, (Dm)he was mean / / / |
|(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |
(Am)Workin' all day in that (C)August heat
And he (G)taught me how to fish, my uncle (Dm)taught me how to drink / / / |
|(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |

(Verse)
Well, I (Am)went California and I (C)had me a band
And we (G)played in all the bars in all the (Dm)Southern lands
We (Am)played all night and we (C)drank for free
(G)All of my boys and (Dm)me / / / |
|(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |
 
(Chorus)
(Am)Now I'm (C)23 and therе (G)ain't nobody who can (Dm)drink like me
(Am)Soon I'll be (C)24, and thе (G)Lord knows that I can't (Dm)drink no more
(Am)I know I shoulda (C)taken it slow, it's (G)not the way that (Dm)my life goes
(Am) (C) Now I (G)know |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |
When you're (Am)passed out (C)on the (G)floor
You’re (Dm)sober by 24 (Am) (C) (G)
|(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |

(Verse)
Well, I (Am)had a girl who loved me the (C)whole damn time
And (G)I'd drink my whiskey and (Dm)she'd drink wine
But (Am)soon, my bottle was (C)too much to compa-(G)ny
|(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / | 
Yeah, we’d (Am)sit on the river and we’d (C)fish all day
And we'd (G)drive across the country, let the (Dm)radio play
(Am)Seven damn years, I (C)never thought she'd (G)leave |(F) / (Em) / |(D) / (C) / |

(Chorus)
(Am)Now I'm (C)23 and therе (G)ain't nobody who can (Dm)drink like me
(Am)Soon I'll be (C)24, and thе (G)Lord knows that I can't (Dm)drink no more
(Am)I know I shoulda (C)taken it slow
It's (G)not the way that (Dm)my life goes
|(Am) / (C) / Lord, I |(G)know / (Dm) / |(Dm) / / / |
When you're (Am)passed out (C)on the (G)floor
You’re (Dm)sober by twenty (Am)four / (C) / |(G) / (Dm) / |
|(Am) / (C) / |(G) / (Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |(Dm) / / / |

(Verse)
(Am)Simple as my (C)mama said when (G)I was very (Dm)young
She (Am)told me not to (C)worry, son, one (G)day you'll be some-(Dm)one
But (Am)here I am at (C)twenty one
As (G)loaded as a stage-(Dm)coach shotgun
I'm (Am)sorry mamma, (C)please don't look at (G)me (Dm) (Am) - - - - -