I'd Rather Have Nothing lyrics and chords

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I'd Rather Have Nothing
Recorded by Garth Brooks
Written by Mike McClure

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I jumped in the truck and headed for Kansas

Morning found me in Port Arkansas
C                      G
Sipping on rum in that warm Texas sun

I've never been good at keeping direction

And I believe schedules are one of life's worst inflections
      C                       D7
And I gotta be free cause I'd rather nothing
       C                              G
Than a whole lot of something I don't need

         D7                         C
Yeah I'd rather have nothing than a whole lot of something
     G                         D7
That don't fit the life that I lead
                    C
Material things and all that wealth brings
     G                      D7
Just must be for some other breed
      G
Cause life ain't about the worries and doubts
                                 C
That comes with the lust and the greed
        G
And I'd rather have nothing 
       D7                             G
Than a whole lot of something I don't need


I spent that evening in a tavern in town

With a bunch of my new friends my money brought round
      C                              G
And I told them bout you and all the hell we'd been through

Everyone there had a similar story

Years full of tears from all the heartache and worry
    C                       D7
And we all agreed that we'd rather have nothing
       C                               G
Than a whole lot of something we don't need

         D7                         C
Yeah I'd rather have nothing than a whole of something
     G                         D7
That don't fit the life that I lead
                           C
Commitment and strings and all that love brings
     G                      D7
Just must be for some other breed
      G
Cause life ain't about the worries and doubts
                                 C
That comes with the lust and the greed
        G
And I'd rather have nothing 
       D7                             Em
Than a whole lot of something I don't need

       G
0h I'd rather have nothing 
       D7                             G
Than a whole lot of something I don't need

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