A                                         E
        I've spent a lifetime,making up my mind to be
                                                             A
        More than the measure of what i thought others could see
                                                            D
        Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
          E                                          A
        Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me


Verse 2:
         A                                            E
        She stood beside me letting me know she would be
                                                        A
        Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
                                                                D
        Fenced yards ain't hole cards and like as not never will be
          E                                             A
        Reasons for rhymers and old five and dimers like me


Verse 3:
         A                                              E
        It's taken me so long but now that i know i believe
                                                     A
        All that i do or say is all that i ever will be
                                                           D
        Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
             E                                             A
        Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me

            E                                      A
        An old five and dimer was all i intented to be