C G D EmC G D Em [Verse 1]C G D Em If I had a dime for every time I heard my old man sayC G One of these daysG D Em I wouldn't be like my old man todayC G D Talking bout places that he'd beenEm C G Back in his younger days that he was gonna go back to againD Em One of these days [Verse 2]C G D Em Dropped out of school when he was just sixteenC G D Em Fell right in to a tire plantC G D Em Building the very things that make the asphalt singC G D Em And put Alabama far behind youC G D Em C G D Em I remember him saying that Chicago was a hell right here on earthC G D Em C G D Em And twenty five years later I was saying the same thing about Memphis [Verse 3]C G D Em C It's no wonder everybodies scared of downtown BirminghamC G D Em It's just a little too close to homeC G D But there's more crooks down here and the cops don't care,Em C G D Em While old white men wearing ties can do anything they want.C G D Em Once a country boy's seen the way the steam risesC G D Em Off a man's insides on the sidewalkC G D Em C Tends to change the way he thinks, the way he sees everythingG D Em When he goes back to where he came from [BDA K]C G D EmC G D EmC G D EmC G D [Chorus]G D C G One of these days when my face looks like a roadmapG/F Em D C Gonna find my way back homeG D C G And I'll go walking on the west side after darkG/F Em D C And leave my gun locked in my carC D Em One of these days you'll take one look at me and runC D Em One of these days you'll take one look at me and run [Outro]C G D EmC G D EmC G D EmC G D G
One Of These Days
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