[Intro]
G C G C

[Verse 1]
G C
Hey mama, it’s me
G C
Said you better wait child. Said you’ve been a long time running
G C
Hey mama, answer me
G C
Baby boy you better sit down. Can’t listen when the sun’s out
G C
My only son this will be so hard to hear

[Instrumental]
G C

[Verse 2]
G C
C’mon mama what do you mean
G C
I know you’ve been knocked down. I know it ain’t all been easy
G C
Nothing ever good really is
G C
Why you gotta wait so long
G C
Why you gotta wait so long

[Instrumental]
G C

[Bridge]
Bm Am
But she said son
G
Let me reason with you
Bm Am
You think you carry
G
Such a weight
Bm Am
I know I never
G
beat you boy
Bm Am G
Better start acting like this here’s a race

[Instrumental]
G C G C

[Chorus] Downbeats
C D
You ain’t gone far enough to say
G Am
At least I tried
C D
You ain’t worked hard enough to say
G Am
Well I’ve done mine
C D
You ain’t run far enough to say
G Am
My legs have failed
C D
You ain’t gone far enough
G Am
You ain’t worked hard enough
C D
You ain’t run far enough to say
Em
It ain’t gonna get any better

[Instrumental]
G C G C

[Bridge]
G
You picked a bad time
C
You picked a bad time to listen to me
G
You picked a bad time
C
You picked a bad time to listen to me
G
You picked a bad time
C
You picked a bad time to listen to me
G
You picked a bad time
C
You picked a bad time to listen to me

[Chorus]
C D
You ain’t gone far enough to say
G Am
At least I tried
C D
You ain’t worked hard enough to say
G Am
Well I’ve done mine
C D
You ain’t run far enough to say
G Am
My legs have failed
C D
You ain’t gone far enough
G Am
You ain’t worked hard enough
C D
You ain’t run far enough to say
Em
It ain’t gonna get any better