GOOD LORD KNOWS I TRIED
(Billy Joe Shaver)


Johnny Rodriguez - 1973
Billy Joe Shaver - 1976



From the very first hello until the very last goodbye
From here to there and everything between
All I ever did was try my best to keep you satisfied
And all you ever did was make a fool of me

I tried every way I knew to give you everything I had
And all I ever did was try to treat you right
Still the best that I could do was never good enough for you
I couldn't please you, but the good Lord knows I tried

(Instrumental Break)

My old friends they tried to warn me, but I paid them all no mind
When I see them now we don't have much to say
For you took everything I had and left me nothing but behind
Feeling like some old forgotten yesterday

I tried every way I knew to give you everything I had
And all I ever did was try to treat you right
Still the best that I could do was never good enough for you
I couldn't please you, but the good Lord knows I tried
I couldn't please you, but the good Lord knows I tried



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - September 2018)