[Intro] G  C  G  C

Verse 1
        G                         C
I was a third-string dreamer on a second-place team
         G                       D/F#   
But I was hell on wheels with a full head of steam
     Em
When coach put me in
    C         D/F#             G  
And I'm still proud of that hit
        G                    C
I was a last resort to go to prom with the queen
             G                          D/F#
Thanks to an ex-boyfriend who broke her heart that week
      Em
No, I didn't get lucky
   C        D/F#         Em
But I still felt like a king
         C                       D/F#
And that might not mean much to you
                G
But it does to me

Chorus
             C
So say I'm a middle of the road
D/F#
Not much to show
G      D/F#      Em
Underachieving, average Joe
          C
But I'm a hell of a lover
  D/F#
A damn good brother
      G         D/F#         Em
And I wear this heart on my sleeve
         C                       D/F#
And that might not mean much to you
                 G  C  G  C
But it does to me

Verse 2
          G                      C
I was the one phone call when my brother went to jail
G                        D/F#
Pawned my guitar just to pay his bail
         Em
No, I'll never get it back
    C     D/F#       G
But I'm okay with that
          G                          C
I was the first man standing next to my best friend
            G                      D/F#
The day the love of his life said I do to him
        Em
I was a couple beers deep
    C          D/F#            Em
But I still remembered that speech
         C                      D/F#
And that might not mean much to you
                 G
But it does to me

Chorus
             C
So say I'm a middle of the road
D/F#
Not much to show
G      D/F#      Em
Underachieving, average Joe
          C
But I'm a hell of a lover
  D/F#
A damn good brother
      G         D/F#         Em
And I wear this heart on my sleeve
         C                       D/F#
And that might not mean much to you
                 G  C  G  D4 D
But it does to me

Bridge
          G                      D/F#
There's a worn-out blade that my granddaddy gave me
   Em           D/F#              C
My mama's first Bible, Daddy's Don Williams vinyl
     G                   D/F#
That first-fish-catching Zebco thirty-three
           C                       D/F#
Well, that might not mean much to you
                 G
But it does to me

Chorus
             C
So say I'm a middle of the road
D/F#
Not much to show
G      D/F#      Em
Underachieving, average Joe
          C
But I'm a hell of a lover
  D/F#
A damn good brother
      G         D/F#         Em
And I wear this heart on my sleeve
           C
And I'm a damn hard working
D/F#
One thing's for certain
  G            D/F#          Em
I stand up for what I believe (for what I believe)
           C                       D/F#
Well, that might not mean much to you
     D9-/F#    Em  
But it does to me
           C                       D/F#
Well, that might not mean much to you
                 G  C  G  
But it does to me
C          D/F#         G
  Yeah, it does to me