C Am F C Young kid stepped in from the cold and ordered up a drink
C Am F G He said don't look surprised old man I'm older than you think
C Am F C If I was the talkin kind I could tell you a thing or two
C And since you didn't ask let me s Am how you my tattoos. F C
C Am F C I got this rose in Memphis in some back ole alley dump
C Am F G Picked this eagle up in Dallas man I sure was good and drunk
C Am F C You know the way I see it if it gets any worse out there
C A guy like me doesn' Am t ha F ve a prayer C
C Am F C The old man poured some coffee and said this ones on me
C Set down his cigarette Am and rolled up his sleev F e G
C Am F C Take a good look here my friend do you see what these are
C Am F C Just my ragged ole & jagged old and dearest scars
C Am F C He said I got this one in Paris in a war 'fore you were born
C Am F G And this one when I was half your age workin on my daddys farm
C Am F C You know the way I see it you aint seen what I've seen
C cause tattoos and scars are Am different things F C
C Am F C I've been here for all these years and what I know is this
C Am F G If you look and listen close a man will show you what he is
C Am F C You know the way I see it you been around but your still green
C cause tattoos and scars are Am different things F C
C Am F C Young kid stepped in from the cold and ordered up a drink
Montgomery Gentry
