Original Key: D# Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 90
Suggested Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU
[INTRO]
D#
[VERSE]
D# G#
Mama says that I drink too much
A# D#
Daddy don't like the cussin' when I sing
D# G#
Got a good girl missin' me back home
Fm D# A#
Yeah, I'm stretched pretty thin today
Cm A# G#
So, I'll keep treadin' water like I'm breathing through a straw
A# D# G# D#
You still think I'm an outlaw
[VERSE]
D# G#
Who can tell me what's an outlaw
A# D#
Well, I'm not for certain, but I can tell you what it ain't, son
D# G#
It ain't hats, tats, a sound or in between
Fm D# A#
It's about not being wanted where you want to be
Cm A# G#
So, I'll keep treadin' water like I'm breathing through a straw
A# D#
You still think I'm an outlaw
[CHORUS]
A# G# D# Cm
Well, I know I'm no different, I'm just a troubadour looking for
A# G# D# Cm
A rhyme or a reason that I think is worth rhyming for
G# D# G G#
Say, I'm too Idaho for Texas and I'm too Texas for Tennessee
Fm
So, I'll Do my own thing
A# D#
And there's that outlaw in me
[VERSE]
D# G#
Mirror, mirror what Do you see
A# D#
Is that the boy that I used to be
D# G#
Is it the man of yesterday
Fm D# A#
But his soul went and withered away
[PRE-CHORUS]
Cm A# G#
So, I'll keep on treadin' water like I'm breathing through a straw
A# D#
You still think I'm an outlaw
[CHORUS]
A# G# D# Cm
Well, I know I'm no different, I'm just a troubadour looking for
A# G# D# Cm
A rhyme or a reason that I think is worth rhyming for
G# D# G G#
Say, I'm too Idaho for Texas and I'm too Texas for Tennessee
Fm
So, I'll Do my own thing
A# D#
And there's that outlaw in me
[CHORUS]
A# G# D# Cm
Well, I know I'm no different, I'm just a troubadour looking for
A# G# D# Cm
A rhyme or a reason that I think is worth rhyming for
G# D# G G#
But, I'm too Idaho for Texas and I'm too Texas for Tennessee
Fm
So, I'll Do my own thing
A# D#
And is that outlaw in me