F#        B        C#       F#


(verse)
          F#                                                   B
I spent a summer down south, working for the county, trying to save for school
                     C#                     F#
I blew it all like a damn fool on women and beer
F#                                                       B
I didn't have the grades but I had myself a major league fastball
                                     C#                                 F#
Got a call from the minor leagues in Wichita and blew out my arm in the first year,      
  ha-ha, yeah


(instrumental)
F#     B     C#      F#


(verse)
        F#                                          B
Well, I took a good look at my life and decided I'd make a change
                         C#                                    F#
Booked me a flight on an airplane, I was 3rd world Peace Corps bound
F#                                           B
But I met me a stewardess right there in the airport bar
                       C#                          F#
Before I knew it I was in her car and never turned around


(chorus)
                F#              B             C#                                   F#
Well, maybe I'm reckless, maybe bad luck, hell maybe I'm way too much about having fun
          C#    F#                     B                C#                               
    F#
I'll send you a postcard, send me your love, just don't give up on me yet, I'm still 
growing up


(verse)
          F#                                        G#m
I went to work for my uncle on the coast called the hot spot
                          A#m                            F#
We took our breaks on the boat docks and I got fired for smoking pot
         F#                                                G#m
with the beach right there I guess surfing was the logical next move
    A#m                                                  F#
But I got mouthy with the wrong dude and got my damn jaw tattooed



(chorus)
                F#              B             C#                                   F#
Well, maybe I'm reckless, maybe bad luck, hell maybe I'm way too much about having fun
          C#    F#                     B                C#                               
    F#
I'll send you a postcard, send me your love, just don't give up on me yet, I'm still 
growing up, Alright


(instrumental)
F#    B     C#      F#


(verse)
            F#                                       B
I bought an old guitar with cash from a good hand of blackjack
                            C#                        F#
learned a few chords from a fat-back, hairy man named Pete
        F#                                    B
I got a local gig on the weekends in some old honky-tonk
                               C#                                       F#
Singing 2 hours of nothing but Cash songs, and I could always drink for free
         F#                                      B
And some so called big-wig, producer man started sniffing 'round
              C#                                                F#
He told me he liked my sound but there was something holding me back
          F#                                     B
He said a rhinestone suit and a cowboy hat outta do the trick
                           C#                            F#
I told him I had something he could stick, way on up his ass



(chorus-bridge)
                F#              B             C#                                   F#
Well, maybe I'm reckless, maybe bad luck, hell maybe I'm way too much about having fun
          C#    F#                     B                C#                               
    F#
I'll send you a postcard, send me your love, just don't give up on me yet, I'm still 
growing up
          C#    F#                     B                C#                               
    F#
I'll send you a postcard, send me your love, just don't give up on me yet, I'm still 
growing up, Alright


(out)
F#                     B                                      C#
                        (spoken)but don't give up on me yet
                             F#
I know I might take a little time
                           F#
But I'm gonna come around
                                         B                              C#       F#
I just feel Like I still got a few things I gotta Get out of my system, ha ha