Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro]
C Cmaj7 C
F Fmaj7 F

[Verse]
C
When it comes to hitchin’ the boat up
Cmaj7 C
Backin’ down the ramp in my old truck
F Fmaj7
To find a bunch of logs, to catch a bunch of hogs
F C
Yeah, I wrote the book, yeah, I wrote the book

C
If you wanna learn to throw a curve right

Catch a clean up lookin’ on a third strike
F Fmaj7
Talk a little smack while he’s walkin’ back
F
Yeah, I wrote the book

[Chorus]
C
But there’s one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
C
One that says don’t cuss and don’t fight
F Fmaj7
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
F C
But damn if I don’t do it every Friday night

C
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
C F
Ain’t gettin’ read enough to keep me on a straight line

I’m a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say
C C
That’s one book I didn’t write

[Verse]
C
I met a good girl, she had her life straight

She said she loved that I was good at everything
F
One day she left me in a cloud of dust

‘Cause I never was too good at pickin’ up

[Chorus]
C
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
C
One that says don’t cuss and don’t fight
F
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
C
But damn if I don’t do it every Friday night

C
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
C F
Ain’t gettin’ read enough to keep me on a straight line

I’m a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say
C
That’s one book I didn’t write

[Instrumental]
C C F F

[Break]
C
Yeah, the good Lord knows I need it
Fmaj7 F
I didn’t write it, but I probably oughta read it

[Chorus]
C
The one that lays by the lamp on the nightstand
C
One that says don’t cuss and don’t fight
F
Or let the bottle turn you into a different man
C
But damn if I don’t do it every Friday night

C
Those get you into Heaven letters in red
C F
Ain’t gettin’ read enough to keep me on a straight line

I’m a Jack of all trades, but man I gotta say
C C
That’s one book I didn’t write

[Outro]
Fmaj7 F
That’s one book I didn’t write
C
That is one book I didn’t write