If It Wasn’t for Trucks — Riley Green
Chords and lyrics for If It Wasn’t for Trucks by Riley Green (key of D).
Intro
[D] [D/C#] [Bm] [G]
Verse 1
[D] Why would any teenage boy cut [D/C#]grass
Sweat all summer, save his cash[Bm]
Dream about turnin' heads [G]downtown
Straight pipes on a hand-me-down
Verse 2
[D] How would anybody's daddy get around[D/C#]
To mend the fences and feed the [Bm]cows
Where the hell would a small-town girl climb [G]up
If it wasn't for [D]trucks[D/C#]
Chorus
[D] Where would I have raised all that [A]hell
Talked to God all by [Bm]myself
How would I have got to Tennessee[G]
Without a bucket seat[D]
Where was I supposed to cry that [A]July day granddaddy died
Or [Bm]haul that deer, [A]drink that beer, and fell [G]in and out of love
If it wasn't for [D]trucks[D/C#]
Verse 3
[D] Where would I first heard Merle[D/C#]
Got the nerve to kiss a green-eyed [Bm]girl
Where would old dogs ride[G]
Where would life fly by
Chorus
[D] Where would I have raised all that [A]hell
Talked to God all by [Bm]myself
How would I have got to Tennessee[G]
Without a bucket [D]seat
Where was I supposed to cry that [A]July day granddaddy died
Or [Bm]haul that deer, [A]drink that beer, and fell [G]in and out of love
Yeah, if it wasn't for [D]trucks
[A] Yeah, if it wasn't for [Bm]trucks
[G] [G/B]
Bridge
[Em7] I wouldn't be who I am [G]today
[Em7] If it wasn't for a short-bed [G]Chevrolet
Chorus
[D] Where would I have raised all that [A]hell
Talked to God all by [Bm]myself
How would I have got to Tennessee[G]
Where would I be[D]
Where was I supposed to cry that [A]July day granddaddy died
Or [Bm]haul that deer, [A]drink that beer, and fell [G]in and out of love
Outro
If it wasn't for [D]trucks
[A] Yeah, if it wasn't for [Bm]trucks
[G] [D]
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