Chord Key:

C: x3201x	C/B:  x2001x
Am7:  x0201x	G/C:  32001x
F:  13321x	Dm:  x00231	
G:  320003	Csus: x3203x
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FIRST VERSE:

C                    C/B               Am7            G/C
Young kid stepped in from the cold and ordered up a drink

         F               C                Dm            G/C
He said don't look surprised old man I'm older than you think

C            C/B                 Am7                 G/C
If I was the talkin kind I could tell you a thing or two

F                    C          G/C         C
And since you didn't ask let me show you my tattoos.


FIRST CHORUS:


  F                C               G/C            C   Csus C
I got this rose in Memphis in some back ole alley dump

            F           C            Dm                G
Picked this eagle up in Dallas man I sure was good and drunk

C                  C/B          Am7                G/C
You know the way I see it if it gets any worse out there

F             G/C           C
A guy like me doesn't got a prayer

SECOND VERSE:

The old man poured some coffee and said this ones on me
Set down his cigarette and rolled up his sleeve
Take a good look here my friend do you see what these are
Just my ragged old & jagged old and dearest scars

SECOND CHORUS:

He said I got this one in Paris in a war 'fore you were born
And this one when I was half your age workin on my daddys farm
And you know the way I see it you aint seen what I've seen
cause tattoos and scars are different things

Solo:  C C/B Am7 G/C F G/C C

BRIDGE:  

F                  C                   G/C              C Csus C
I've been here for all these years and what I know is this

       F               C                Dm               C
If you look and listen close a man will show you what he is


THIRD CHORUS:

C                  C/B               Am7                     
You know the way I see it you been around but your still 

C
green

F                 G/C                 C
cause tattoos and scars are different things


FINAL VERSE:

C                  C/B             Am7              G/C
Young kid stepped in from the cold and ordered up a drink

   F               C
He said don’t look surprised old man 

    G              C
I’m older than you think

Outro:

C C/B C