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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES
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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Date: January 10, 2003
Album: Freedom
Written by: Andy Griggs - Brett Jones
Note: open means to strum the strings without holding a chord
PRACTICE LIFE Andy Griggs with Martina McBride
Intro chords: C F C F
oh yeah yeah yeah
C C
She said she didn't love him and maybe she never really did
C C
She could move back to her momma's and they could split time with the kids
F G F G
She just noticed her first touch of grey She don't want to wait not one more day
CHORUS:
(G) F open C F F open C F
This ain't no prac-tice life We only get one shot
F C G F G f
And our love ain't throw away-ay-ay It's all we've got-ot-ot
Am G C
And nobody goes around twice Cause this ain't no practice life
C C
There's sixty hours on his time card and it's only Thursday night
C C
His kids are growin' up without him and he's about to lose his wife
F G
So he puts down the papers and he picks up the phone
F G
And says Son tell your momma I'm a-comin' home
To chorus
F G
So much to do with so little time
F G
That clock on the wall is gonna rob us all blind
To chorus, chorus, to ending
ENDING:
F open C F open C
This ain't no prac-tice life Hey it ain't no prac-tice life
