C
Jimmy was a regular at the local drinking bar

F                   G7
He worked like everybody else and ways were mean and hard

  C                                            F
I met him as a little boy and I liked him as I grew

                 G7                              C
Jimmy's life was tough and seemed like everybody knew


                                  F
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of man

   G7                             C
He loved to hear a good hillbilly band

                                     F
The scar across his face was Jimmy's brand

      G7                           C
Cause Jimmy was a drinking kind of man



We got to be together 'fore the good Lord tucked him in

   F              G7
He said I'm never coming back to this old town again

     C                                              F
Said no one understands me folks don't even want me home

                   G7                           C
He took a drink of wine and said its hell to be alone


                                  F
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of man

   G7                             C
He loved to hear a good hillbilly band

                                     F
The scar across his face was Jimmy's brand

      G7                           C
Cause Jimmy was a drinking kind of man



I finally got to see ole Jim after being gone so long

       F             G7
By the crowd of cars around his house


I could tell there was something wrong

  C                                                F
I arrived in time to find him in a pine box on the floor

                      G7                                    C
His momma's eyes were filled with tears as I stepped in the door


                                   F
That Jimmy was a drinking kind of man

   G7                             C
He loved to hear a good hillbilly band

                                     F
The scar across his face was Jimmy's brand

      G7                           C
Cause Jimmy was a drinking kind of man