I Wrote The Book
Recorded by Morgan Wallen
Album: 3 Songs At A Times Sampler (2023)

(No Capo)

(intro.)
|(D) / / / | x 4

(Verse)
(D) When it comes to hitchin' the boat up
(D) Backin' down the ramp in my old truck
(G) To find a bunch of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs
(G) Yeah, I wrote the book, yeah, I wrote the (D)book
If you wanna learn (D) to throw a curve right
(D) Catch a clean up lookin' on a third strike
(G) Talk a little smack while he's walkin' back
(G) Yeah, I wrote the book

(Chorus)
But there's (D)one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
(D) One that says don't cuss and don't fight
(G) Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
(G) But damn if I don't do it every (A)Friday night 
(D) Those get you into Heaven letters in red
(D) Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight (G)line
I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta (G)say
That's one (G)book I didn't write (D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(D) / / / |

(Verse)
(D) I met a good girl, she had her life straight
(D) She said she loved that I was good at everything
(G) One day she left me in a cloud of dust
'Cause I nev-(G)-er was too good at pickin' up

(Chorus)
The one (D) that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
(D) One that says don't cuss and don't fight
(G) Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
(G) But damn if I don't do it every Friday night
(D) Those get you into Heaven letters in red
(D) Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight (G)line
I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta (G)say
That's one book I didn't write

(Solo)
|(D) / / / |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |(G) / /

(Break)
Yeah, the (D)good Lord knows I need it
I didn't (G)write it, but I probably oughta read it - - -

(Chorus)
The (D)one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
(D) One that says don't cuss and don't fight
(G) Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
(G) But damn if I don't do it every Friday night 
(D) Those get you into Heaven letters in red
(D) Ain't gettin' read enough to keep me on a straight (G)line
I'm a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta (G)say
That's one book I didn't write

(Outro.)
|(D) / / / |(D) / That's one book I didn't write
|(G) / / / |(G) / That is one book I didn't write - - - - -