Written by Mike Cooley/Earl Hicks/Patterson Hood/Jason Isbell/Brad Morgan
INTRO (2x): G D C G D C D C Well, my daddy didn’t pull out, but he never apologized G D C Rock and roll means well, but it can’t help tellin’ young boys lies. D C A baby on the way’s a good enough reason to get you out alive G D C Get you out without having to swallow any pride. (2x): G D C G D C D C All my friends are restless, all they do is talk it down, G D C two or eight lanes, it don’t matter, it’s just another town. D C There’s a fool on every corner, on every street, in every one G D C and I’d rather be your fool nowhere than go somewhere and be no one's Chorus: Em D C So marry me, sweet thing won’t you marry me G D C Your Mama thinks I beat anything she’s ever seen G D C This old town’s alright with me, there’s nowhere I’d rather be. G D C Long as they stay mad at one another, they can’t get mad at me (2x): G D C G D C D C Every time I leave here something bad happens to me G D C Like a busted hand or finding some man laying where I sleep D C She don’t mean nothing to me, that’s just how it goes round here G D C It’s a cartoon town, I play my part, and I ain’t spoke her name in years Chorus: Em D C So marry me, sweet thing won’t you marry me G D C Your Mama thinks I beat anything she’s ever seen G D C This old town’s alright with me, there’s nowhere I’d rather be. G D C Long as they stay mad at one another, they can’t get mad at me BREAK: Am Em G C C/B Bridge: Am Em I don’t want anything I done to be nobody’s fault G C C/B Even if they got more money and mouth than they got balls. Am Em That’s just how it went down, right or wrong, it’s just that way. G D Just cause I don’t run my mouth don’t mean I got nothing to say Solo: Em D C G D C G D C G D C Chorus: Em D C So marry me, sweet thing won’t you marry me G D C Your Mama thinks I beat anything she’s ever seen G D C This old town’s alright with me, there’s nowhere I’d rather be. G D C Long as they stay mad at one another, they can’t get mad at me Em D C Marry me, sweet thing, won't you marry me Em D C Marry me, sweet thing, won't you marry me OUTRO: Em D C