Aaron Tippin - I Got It Honest

      
 
 Date: 11/1/96; 12:27:43 AM
 From: ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu (Gene L. Graham)
 Subject: I GOT IT HONEST
 
 I GOT IT HONEST
 Recorded by Aaron Tippin
 Words and music by A. Tippin, B. Burke and M. Johnson
 
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  It ain't nothin' but a small frame house on an  acre  lot
                                             A7            D     
 It ain't that much diff'rent from any other  house on the  block
                                     G                 D    
 And it may not look like we got our  share of the pro- mise
                              A7              D       
 But at least one thing's for  sure, I GOT IT  HONEST.
 
 Roll out of the sack ev'ry mornin', head on down to the mill
 Give 'em all I got for eight, 'cause that's the deal
 If you'll check out my paycheck
 Well, you'll see that there ain't that much on it
 But ev'ry single penny I'm paid, I GOT IT HONEST.
 
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 I  never had to hang my head in shame
     D                              
 For  puttin' a price tag on my name
 G                                   
  Never turned back on what I believe
    E                         A7    
 Or  let my heart be ruled by  greed
        D                  G                 D       
 'Cause  buddy if I didn't  earn it, I don't  want it
                       A7             D       
 That way I can always  say, I GOT IT  HONEST.
 
 Now you ain't looking at some dude
 That was born with a Silver spoon in his mouth
 And I might seem like some kind of low-life
 To that high-falutin' crowd
 But I'm plain spoken, straight talkin'
 And damn proud of what I have accomplished
 Some folks appreciate that and some don't
 But, I GOT IT HONEST.
 
 CHANGE TO E:
 
 Now when I die, I may not leave my kids a fortune
 But I hope they knowed my life stood for things that were important
 And I'll hand out the same sturdy old values of my daddy and my momma
 It made me every ounce of what I am and I GOT IT HONEST.
 
 CHORUS