Biography:
His music is tough. Direct. Straight to the heart. Real and honest. And sung for all the right reasons. He's won the Juno Award as Country Male Vocalist of the Year - three times. He's won seven major Canadian Country Music Association awards, songwriting honours from SOCAN, and a BMI Award in 1993 for "Backroads" as the "Most Performed Song in America." He's had a double platinum album, another platinum one, and another which went gold. There was a raft of hit singles - no less than 10 of which went to #1 on the charts.
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Capo 2
[Verse]
G Em D
Got a good women who cares for me
G Em D
Whenever I'm in need, shes there for me
G C D
Steady as a rock and a comfort to me.
G
I'm a lucky man.
G Em D
Got a couple of kids, They've turned out alright
G Em D
They've got respect and they treat people right
G C D
In these wild times they still come home at night.
G
I'm a lucky man.
[Chorus]
C G
But sometimes I feel life is passing me by,
C G
And nights I cant sleep when I close my eyes
C G
Somtimes I feel like its out of my hands,
C D
theres so many things I don't understand,
G C-D G
But I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man.
[Verse]
G Em D
Got a good job down at the local mill,
G Em D
Puts clothes on our backs and it pays some bills,
G C D
Come saturday night it buys a few thrills,
G
I'm a lucky man.
G Em D
Got a few friends I can call up too,
G Em D
In a tough situation they always come through,
G C D
They dont question these things that I do,
G
I'm a lucky man.
[Chorus]
C G
But sometimes I feel life is passing me by,
C G
And nights I cant sleep when I close my eyes
C G
Somtimes I feel like its out of my hands,
C D
theres so many things I don't understand,
G C-D G
But I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man.
[Outro]
G Em D
Got a place under the open sky
G Em D
I know I'm going when it comes the time,
G C D
For me to leave this old world behind
G C-D G
I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man
C-D G C-D G
Oh! I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man.
[Verse]
G Em D
Got a good women who cares for me
G Em D
Whenever I'm in need, shes there for me
G C D
Steady as a rock and a comfort to me.
G
I'm a lucky man.
G Em D
Got a couple of kids, They've turned out alright
G Em D
They've got respect and they treat people right
G C D
In these wild times they still come home at night.
G
I'm a lucky man.
[Chorus]
C G
But sometimes I feel life is passing me by,
C G
And nights I cant sleep when I close my eyes
C G
Somtimes I feel like its out of my hands,
C D
theres so many things I don't understand,
G C-D G
But I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man.
[Verse]
G Em D
Got a good job down at the local mill,
G Em D
Puts clothes on our backs and it pays some bills,
G C D
Come saturday night it buys a few thrills,
G
I'm a lucky man.
G Em D
Got a few friends I can call up too,
G Em D
In a tough situation they always come through,
G C D
They dont question these things that I do,
G
I'm a lucky man.
[Chorus]
C G
But sometimes I feel life is passing me by,
C G
And nights I cant sleep when I close my eyes
C G
Somtimes I feel like its out of my hands,
C D
theres so many things I don't understand,
G C-D G
But I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man.
[Outro]
G Em D
Got a place under the open sky
G Em D
I know I'm going when it comes the time,
G C D
For me to leave this old world behind
G C-D G
I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man
C-D G C-D G
Oh! I'm a lucky man, Oh, I'm a lucky man.
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