A         A
As I'm packing the truck

[Verse]

        A
I ain't working for her daddy
        A                           E       E
And her momma thinks I need to grow up
      G                           G
Yeah, sangin' these songs is like slangin' a drug
                D
Call it country band contraband
D
Can't get enough

[Chorus]

        A
Of this pickin', grinnin'
      A
Dyin' for a livin'
        A                 A
Prob'ly gonna kill me but it'd kill me if I didn't
       D                           D
It's a fix to my addiction, it's a sin to my religion
A                    A
It is what it is and it ain't what it isn't
      E                      E
I'm a honky-tonkin' dead man walkin' never quittin'
       A
Just a pickin', grinnin'
A                  A       A      A      A
Dyin' for a livin'

[Verse]

          A                         A
Well them rowdy little rodeo queens are struttin',
          A        A
Cuttin' a rug
         A               A                          E      E
And them cocaine cowboys getting lit and tearin' it up
      G                          G
Yeah, the sun'll be up before we call it a night
            D                          E
I know it's taking its toll but it's a hell of a high

[Chorus]

       A
Just a pickin', grinnin'
      A
Dyin' for a livin'
A                              A
Prob'ly gonna kill me but it'd kill me if I didn't
       D                           D
It's a fix to my addiction, it's a sin to my religion
A                       A
It is what it is and it ain't what it isn't
      E                      E
I'm a honky-tonkin' dead man walkin' never quittin'

[Bridge]

       A
Just a pickin', grinnin'
A             B
Dyin' for a livin'
B B B B
B B B F#
F# F# F# B
B Bm B F#
F# E D

[Chorus]

       A
Just a pickin', grinnin'
      A
Dyin' for a livin'
A                         A
Prob'ly gonna kill me but it'd kill me if I didn't
       D                           D
It's a fix to my addiction, it's a sin to my religion
A                       A
It is what it is and it ain't what it isn't
      E                      E
I'm a honky-tonkin' dead man walkin' never quittin'
       A
Just a pickin', grinnin'
      A
Dyin' for a livin'
      E                      E
I'm a honky-tonkin' dead man walkin' never quittin'
       A
Just a pickin', grinnin'
A
Dyin' for a livin'