Capo 1st Fret / Key of D# 
 
Intro:  D   G D    D   A D    D   G D    D   A D 
 
     D 
Don't wanna read the paper 
    G           D 
Or turn on the news 
     D 
Don't wanna another helping 
        A        D 
Of the same old blues 
     D 
Don't wanna call nobody 
    G          D 
Or answer the phone 
       D 
What I want is everybody 
     A         D 
To leave us alone 
 
--Chorus ("But do we" on 2nd / "So we can" on 3rd; instead of "Let us") 
 
        G               A 
Let us sit down in the porch swing 
 D 
Sip a little ice tea 
 G             A           D  Dsus2 D 
Play with the kids in the yard 
           G           A 
Hey, it's time to get lazy 
 D          Bm 
Had enough crazy 
 G                A      Bm   A 
Life ain't got to be so hard 
     G                 A       D 
Oh, Life don't have to be so hard 
 
-Break-> G D        D    A D 
            No, it don't 
 
       D 
Wanna stop and smell the roses 
   G           D 
I don't wanna run 
        D 
Wanna catch up on the talkin' 
     A           D 
That we haven't done 
     D 
The only big decision 
     G        D 
That I wanna make 
         D 
Is do we take this conversation 
 A           D 
Down to the lake? 
 
--Repeat Chorus ("But do we") 
 
--Bridge 
 
Cadd9               Bm 
     More time with you 
                    D   Dsus2 D 
     Less time for worry 
Cadd9              Bm 
     More slowin' down 
                G    A 
     Less in a hurry 
 
--Repeat Chorus ("So we can") 
 
G D            D      A D 
   No, it don't baby 
 
-Solo-->(chorus chords) 
 
(fade out)