D               D/C#           Bm                    A    
Howard drives a minivan to the cruise ships from Ft. Lauderdale
         G                   A  D
And it's been that way since 1994
         D             D/C#                     Bm            A
Does his business on a flip phone with the most obnoxious ringtone
         G             A                  D  
I didn't ask but I can tell he's from New York
             Bm                D                   G                D
And he spoke proudly of his daughter and that this fall she'd be in college 
            Em                 A             Bm
And that he always wished he'd gotten his degree
        Bm                D                G             D
You can tell he came from nothing, built a future out of hustling
            Em              A             D
And somehow I'm the one you people pay to see

[Chorus]
G             D            
Oh isn't that just the way it goes
                    A                      Bm
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
G               D 
Oh how am I the only one who knows 
             Em          A                  D
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places
 D D/C#  Bm A  G  D 

[Verse 2]
D               D/C#          Bm                A
Danny showed up early fifteen minutes till five thirty
       G                A              D
Making sure that I'd be on my morning flight
             D              D/C#                Bm                  A           
He said he'd love to fix computers, but that he can't until he's fluent
                    G            A                 D
So he spends his driving money taking class at night
          Bm                  D            G                      D 
He wore a neatly ironed dress shirt and he helps his kids with homework
         Em                A              Bm
And deep inside I couldn't help but ask myself
            Bm              D           G             D
Why that at night I'm up on stage, everybody knows my name
              Em              A             D
While Danny's early picking up somebody else

[Chorus]
G             D            
Oh isn't that just the way it goes
                    A                      Bm
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
G               D 
Oh how am I the only one who knows 
             Em          A                  D
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places
 D D/C#  Bm A  G  D 

[Bridge]
        Bm                D             G               D
And now everything's not given, I work hard to make my living
              Em              A              Bm
But I'll give credit where I think credits due
      Bm                    D
Maybe you got dealt a good hand
      G                             D
Maybe you play it the best that you can
    Em           Bm            Em                 Bm
But I don't know how far you'd walk without those cards
   A           
In Howard or Danny's working shoes

[Chorus]
G              D            
But isn't that just the way it goes
                    A                      Bm
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
G               D 
Oh how am I the only one who knows 
             Em          A                  D
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places
 D D/C#  Bm A  G  D   D D/C#  Bm A  G