Doin’ this (2021, US Country 2, CA Country 2)     (video)

 
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1. Someone asked me once in an interview :
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 What was growing up like ? Where'd you go to school ?
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 And what would you do if you weren't doin' this ?
 
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2. I'd be drivin' my first car, an old worn-out Dodge,
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 tryin' to make rent with a dead-end job, 
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 just makin' due with tips in a jar, my guitar, and an old barstool.
 
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I'd have a Friday night crowd in the palm of my hand,
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cup of brown liquor, couple buddies in a band,
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singin' them same damn songs like I am now.
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I'd be feelin' on fire on a hardwood stage,
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bright lights like lightning runnin' through my veins
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at the Grand Ole Opry or a show in some no-name town.
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I'd still be doin' this if I wasn't doin' this.
 
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3. I'd still be the same guy they knew back in the day
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 who was burnin' CDs just to give away,
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 payin' his dues if I wasn't doin' this.
 
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4. Five deep in a van, head full of steam
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 hot on the heels of my neon dreams maybe comin' true,
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 livin' this life just like I was born to do.
 
+ CHORUS + C - F
 
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+ It ain't about the fame, it ain't about the fortune,
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 it ain't about the name, it ain't about the glory,
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 I guess I'm sayin' it's always been about …
 
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Having a Friday night crowd in the palm of my hand,
 Em
cup of brown liquor, couple buddies in a band,
 Am G F
singin' them same damn songs like I am now.
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I'd be feelin' on fire on a hardwood stage,
 Em
bright lights like lightning runnin' through my veins
 Am G F
at the Grand Ole Opry or a show in some no-name town.
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I'd still be doin' this if I wasn't doin' this.
 
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+ Someone asked me once in an interview
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 What was growing up like ? Where'd you go to school ?
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 And what would you do if you weren't doin' this ?

(orig. = capo 1st) (Luke Combs)