Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
- 4x's
Verse
Oh I got into a fist fight
On my first day at school
Oh I came home with a fat lip
And a blackened eye to boot
Oh it seems the local bully boy
Well he didn't like me much
When he knocked me down I got right up
Oh what else could i do?
Break
Qh I came home to my old man
Told me what I had to do
'Cause tomorrow that same bully boy
Be waiting there for you
Chorus
Oh there's good and there's bad in this world we live in
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Oh believe what you feel, not what you heard
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Verse
I met a girl at 16
And she broke my heart in two
Oh I learned to drink at 17
Had my first woman too
Oh the times they were a changing
And my old town I outgrew
Had to see the world and live my own life
So many things I had to do
Break
Well I quit my job at the cannery
I'd saved a buck or two
Oh I knew I'd miss old mom and dad
But it's what I had to do
Chorus
Oh there's good and there's bad in this world we live in
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Oh believe what you feel, not what you've heard
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Break
When I left home we were standing eye to eye
And he gave me a hug and we said good bye
Ah take care he said
You'll do all allright
Don't forget all I told you
I'm telling you son
Verse
Pop was right and I made good
I've been all around the world
Sometimes i think of my home town
People I left behind
Oh maybe someday I'll settle down
and meet a loving girl
Until then, I'll go wandering
it's the life I choose
Break
I carry in my heart the words he said
It seems like yesterday
My pops been gone now a couple years
Still remember what he said
Chorus
Oh there's good and there's bad in this world we live in
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Oh believe what you feel, not what you've heard
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Chorus
Oh there's good and there's bad in this world we live in
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Oh believe what you feel, not what you've heard
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son
Outro
- 6x's then
I'm telling you son, I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son, I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son, I'm telling you son
I'm telling you son, Oooh, Oooh, Oh