This song is absolutely beautiful and i wanted to share the proper way of playing it with you amazing people. This is the intro tab at the beginning of the song. I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways Play The Intro Again Call it one drink too many Call it pride of a man But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand (straight strum) (reg strum) 'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin (straight strum) (reg strum) Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin We do it over and over and over again We do it over and over and over again Bridge (Single strums) Oh -oh -oh -oh Oh -oh -oh -oh (reg strum) Oh -oh -oh -oh Pre chorus I know there's California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to but Down in the valley with Whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' These are the places I will always go These are the places I will always go (single strum) I am on my way (single strum) I am on my way (single strum) (single strum) I am on my way back to where I started Bridge (reg strum) Oh -oh -oh -oh Oh -oh -oh -oh One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls I saw your face and I heard you callin out AM I saw your face in the crowd and you came out AM Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night AM There was a sign on the door and it reads to me to me Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night Bridge Oh -oh -oh -oh Oh -oh -oh -oh (single strum) I am on my way (single strum) I am on my way (single strum) (single strum) I am on my way back to where I started Pre chorus I know there's California, Oklahoma And all of the places I ain't ever been to but Down in the valley with Whiskey rivers These are the places you will find me hidin' (single strum) (single strum) These are the places I will always go (single strum) (single strum) These are the places I will always go So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways