CAREFUL MAN
Words and music by Jim Croce

:E:I don't gamble, I don't :E7:fight
I don't be :A:hangin' in the bars at :A7:night
Yeah I :E:used to be a :C#m:fighter
But :A:now I am a :B7:wiser man:E:

:E:I don't drink much, I don't :E7:smoke
I don't be :A:hardly mess around with no :A7:dope
Yeah I :E:used to be a :C#m:problem
But :A:now I am a :B7:careful man:E:

CHORUS:
But if you :A7:used to want to see a commotion
You should have :E:seen the man that I used to be
I was :A7:trouble in perpetual motion
:F#:Trouble with a capital :B7:"T"

:E:Stayin' out late, havin' :E7:fun
And shot off :A:every single shot in my :A7:gun
Yeah I :E:used to be a :C#m:lover
But :A:now I am an :B7:older man:E:

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(REPEAT LAST VERSE, New last line:)
Yeah I used to be a terror but now I am a tired man