Am
I used to pull my britches on with just one thing in mind
F
Make the girls believe that I'm the last one of my kind
Am
Silver toe tips on my boots and a mullet head of hair
F
Designed to walk into the room and make somebody stare
      Am                     F
But I don't care anymore if I don't stand out in a crowd
     Am                             F
I was better off before I tried to make my mother proud

[Verse]
A
I came to town a dreaming I could make my mark in spades
F
Forty odd years later all my best cards have been played
Am
Well it's a hard knock situation when the accolades bestowed
        F
On your every last creation cries out middle of the road
            Am                        F
But I don't care anymore, about the fortune or the fame
       Am                           F
I was better off before, I tried to make myself a name

[Chorus]
       Dsus
All the money that I blew through like some boot black off the farm
     Am
Could not have vanished quicker if I'd shot it in my arm
     Dsus
Some so and so says don't you know the limit is the sky
Em
Next thing I remember I'm unlearning how to fly
       Am
But I don't care anymore

[solo]
F  Am  F

[Chorus]
Dsus
All those party dolls and favors that I savored from day one
    Am
Add up to next to nothing after all is said and done
   Dsus
A real friend tried to tell me man with all respect for you
     Em
The time to put away these things is long since overdue

[Verse]
    Am
If indeed I do get lonesome in my mansion on the hill
        F
There's this neighbor's wife I covet for her beauty and her skill
        Am
The way she puts herself together sleek in vagabond couture
           F
Makes each mailbox conversation one more heartache to endure
       Am                   F
But I don't care anymore, who does what and why
     Am                             F
I was better off before, when I was just another guy
          Am
I've been lied on, spied on, cried on, tried on, taken for a ride you bet
F
Fracked, cracked, smacked, jack, what you see is what you get
          Am
I've been spit at, hit at, quit at, shit at, shouldn't hurt a bit at, what I'm trying to get at
F
Fool me once shame on me, fool me twice and put the blame on
Am                    F
I don't care anymore
Am                             F
No I don't care anymore