Roughneck Lyrics

KEY: E
CHORUS:
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
Pulling case and laying pipe is hard labor
VERSE:
Well I was born in a boomer shack about a half a mile from town
Papa was driller on a wildcat crew and mama never was around
I learned to cuss when I was two and fight when I was three
And by the time I was five there was no kid alive could ever get the best of me
CHORUS:
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
Pulling case and laying pipe is hard labor
BREAK: A E B7 E
VERSE:
Well I started working like a regular man when I was just about knee high
Skinning the knuckles on my two bare hands but they never heard me cry
I remember walking down the road and hearing somebody say
He was born to live a roughneck's life and he's never gonna change his ways
CHORUS:
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
Pulling case and laying pipe is hard labor
CHORUS:
Born to be a roughneck I'll never amount to nothing
Pulling case and laying pipe is hard labor