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I got my toes in the wa ter, ass in the sand, not a wor ry in the world, a cold (G)beer in my hand.
Life is good to day,
life is good to day.
Well, the plane touched down just a bout three o’ clock and the cit y’s still on my mind.
Bi (C)ki nis and palm trees danced in my head, I was still in the bag gage line.
’Cause Con crete and cars are their own pri son bars like this life I’m liv in’ in.
But the (C)plane co brought me far ther, I’m sur (F)round ed the by wa ter and I’m not if it’s goin’ back a gain.
I got my toes in the wa ter, ass in the sand, not a wor ry in the world, a cold (G)beer in my hand.
Life is good to day,
life is good to day.
(CN.C.)A di os and va ya con (F)Di os,
yeah, I’m leav in’ G A.
And if it weren’t for te qui la and (G7)pret ty se ño ri tas, I’d have no rea son to (C)stay.
(CN.C.)A di os and va ya con (F)Di os,
yeah, I’m leav in’ G A.
Gon na (G)lay in the hot sun and (G7)roll a big fat one and, (CN.C.)and grab my gui tar and (C)play.
The four days flew by like a drunk Fri day night as the sum mer drew to an end.
Bi (C)They can’t be lieve that I could n’t leave, and I bid a the dieu to my
’Cause Con crete and cars der, their she’s from the is lands, her y’s been by the sun.
But And (C)plane co brought me far ther, I’m sur (F)round ed the by wa and I don’t not if it’s goin’ or the rum.
I got my toes in the wa ter, ass in the sand, not a wor ry in the world, a cold (G)beer in my hand.
Life is good to day,
life is good to day.
(CN.C.)A di os and va ya con (F)Di os,
a long way from G A.
And The Yes, and the mu cha chas, they (G7)call ty me big pa pa when I throw pe sos their (C)way.
(CN.C.)A di os and va ya con (F)Di os,
a long way from G A.
Some one (G)do me a fa vor and (G7)pour me some Jae ger and (CN.C.)I’ll grab my gui tar and (C)play.
The four days
(CN.C.)A di os and va ya con
and put my (C)ass in a lawn chair, toes in the clay, not a wor ry in the world, a P B (G)R on the way.
Life is good to day,
life is good to day.
This page shows “Toes” by Zac Brown Band in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 130 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.
This arrangement is a great way to build confidence with a five-chord country groove that sits right in the sweet spot between easy and challenging. Your left hand drives the feel here with an octave bass pattern — keep those octave jumps relaxed and steady, because at 130 BPM you don't have time to tense up between leaps. Right hand cycles through C, F, G, G7, and Am shapes, and the transition you'll want to isolate is F to G7: that added seventh wants to land cleanly, so drill just those two chords back and forth until the fingering feels automatic. Start hands-separate at around 90 BPM, then bring them together before pushing toward full tempo. The biggest stumbling point I see students hit is rushing through the G-to-Am change — give that downbeat its full weight and the whole groove locks in. Once this clicks, you'll have a rock-solid feel for I–IV–V–vi progressions that powers hundreds of songs in this style.