It's A Wonder I'm Alive

By: Rodney Redman
Album:Rodney Redman (2002)

Verse I:

D                                  G
I picked up this old guitar when I turned seventeen
          Em                                  D
Got good enough to play the bars and started livin' my dreams
D                         G
Around about that time I drank my first beer
     Em                           A              A7
That led me to whiskey and I was livin' a nightmare

Chorus:
           G                           D
I've made mistakes and I've learned lessons
D                   A                     D
And I'm ashamed to say I've made my mama cry
              G             D         D/F#              G  G/F# Em
I've cheated love and I've damn near danced with the devil
Em                      A                     D
I've done so much livin' it's a wonder I'm alive

Verse 2:
It took pain for me to grow up I had to lose it all
For me to find the seed I couldn't stay in those honky tonks
I took a job and met a lady I'm proud to call my wife 
Lord she must be an angel she sure changed my life

Repeat Chorus 2x:

Add:
Ive done so much livin I thank god Im alive