Jeff Bates
"I Can't Have Nothin' Nice"
Jeff Bates, 2008
Songwriters: Jeff Bates, Ben Hayslip, Brandon Kinney
Tabbed by Dan Pera


This is a great album, and I love this friggin song!



Capo I


G                       C
Four by four Chevrolet, chick magnet all the way
        G                             C
Kept it armor-alled and waxed and shined, and buffed
           G
Got a good friend down at the Goodyear
       C
We get together, talk tires and drink beer
             G                                       C
He gave me a good deal on some new wheels for my new truck
      D                                        C
I was trying em out when some adolescent in a Trans Am
D                                    C        NC
Ran a red light and all I heard was "Bam!"... Damn



G       F            C
I cant have nothin nice
G           F      C
Worked hard all my life
      G
Every time I get a piece of the pie
       C
If somebody dont snatch it or take em a bite
   G                                             C
It slides right off the plate into the beans and rice
G       F           C
I cant have nothin' nice
    F       C            G
No, I cant have nothin' nice


NC
For example:
G
I saved up and bought me a place
  C
A fixerup out on the lake
        G                              C
Gave it tender love and care and elbow grease
        G
I met a girl down at the marina, 
          C
We talked bait and drank margaritas
              G                                             C
She gave me a lip lock out on the boat dock, and she hooked me
D                                         C
Before too long, we were hummin' along to wedding bells
        D                                     C
Then she kicked me out and put my house up for sale
NC
Well, hell.



G       F            C
I can't have nothin' nice
G           F      C
Worked hard all my life
      G
Every time I get a piece of the pie
       C
If somebody don't snatch it or take em a bite
   G                                             C
It slides right off the plate into the beans and rice
G       F            C
I can't have nothin' nice
    F       C            G
No, I can't have nothin' nice



        G
I got a brand new Chevy in the junkyard
  C
A memory of a house and a broken heart
    G                                     C
And I sure hope my dreams dont come true twice



G       F            C
I can't have nothin' nice
G           F      C
Worked hard all my life
      G
Every time I get a piece of the pie
       C
If somebody don't snatch it or take em a bite
   G                                             C
It slides right off the plate into the beans and rice
G       F            C
I can't have nothin' nice
    F       C            G
No, I can't have nothin' nice



G       F            C
I can't have nothin' nice
G           F      C
Worked hard all my life

G       F            C
I can't have nothin' nice
    F       C            G
No, I can't have nothin' nice