Standards - Brent Rasmussen
Drop D Tuning - No Capo
https://youtu.be/AYdLRJgLI24

[Verse]
 D
I just got done stringing
 G D
This ol' beat up guitar
 D
It won't help my singing
 G A
But it'll help the tip jar
 D
The bass player's drinking
G D
Shots of Jim Beam
 D
And the drummer is missing
 A D
In action again

[Verse]
 D
Well I imagined my time
 G D
In a hillbilly band
 D
Would be like a song
 G A
From a Don Williams fan
 D
But even The Gentle
G D
Giant would say
D
Head for the hills son
 A D
This isn't your day

[Chorus]
 G
So wind up the crowd
 D
And throw yourself in
A
Singing the standards
D
Just ain't a sin
G
Sweet Caroline and
D G
All My Rowdy Friends
 D
Put gas in the van
 A D
And let us do it again

[Verse]
D
We hit the road
 G D
For a new joint in Reno
 D
Owner promised us cash
 A
And no-limit keno
 D
We played Hank from behind
 G D
Chicken wire with a genny
 D
We rolled lucky to Vegas
 A D
With more than a penny

[Chorus]
 G
So wind up the crowd
 D
And get in their faces
A
Singing the standards
 D
Don't make them discraces
 G
Sweet Home Alabama
 D
And Family Tradition
 D
Put gas in the van
 A D
And let us do it again

[Instrumental Break]
D G D D A
D G D D A D

[Bridge]
 Bm
Someday we'll be famous
 A
Almost like we planned it
 C
Until then we'll keep gigging
 C
Like we understand it

[Verse]
 D
We ain't gettin no younger
 G D
The late nights are tough
 D
The desire and the hunger
 A
Sometimes ain't enough
 D
The question of quitting
 G D
Has re-mained unanswered
 D
And until it is
 A D
We'll keep playing the standards

[Outro]
 D
I just got done stringing
 G D
This ol' beat up guitar
 D
It won't help my singing
 A D
But it'll help the tip jar...