Verse 2:
Five months later with tears in both her eyes
She handed me those two pink lines
The only test in my whole life I didn’t fail
I told her we’d be fine, but I was scared as hell

Chorus:
Ooohhh, my love, I hope it doesn’t show
But I’m scared to death of drowning
In these things that I don’t know
Ooohhh, my love, I hope you’ll understand
The truth is I’m a boy, who’s tryin to be a man

Verse 3:
I got a hand me down gold ring to make it right
And I could feel you kick when the judge said “Kiss the bride”
But your momma and me we walked out hand in hand
Soon, three against the world, we’d make a stand

Verse 4:
But on the day that you were born she got called home
And it’s the darkest thing my heart has ever known
The doctor said “I’m sorry” And handed you to me
I looked in your blue eyes and couldn’t even speak

Chorus:
To tell you “Oh, my son, I hope it doesn’t show,
But I’m scared to death of drowning
In these things that I don’t know.
Whoa, my son, I hope you’ll understand
The truth is I’m a boy, just tryin to be a man.
Oh your daddy’s just a boy, who’s trying to be a man…

CHORUS:
There’s a place called forever and we can go there together
We both want something better baby, and I know its waiting.

VERSE 2:
Just up the road there’s a chance, ain't that all we ever wanted darling
What have we got to lose.
All that stands in between all these dreams, is miles and some gasoline
We can make them all come true.

CHORUS:
There’s a place called forever, and we can go there together.
We both want something better, baby, and I know its waiting, just up the road.

SOLO 1…..


BRIDGE:
Let’s chase these white lines, till we find that promise we’ve never known.
Lets take that fast lane, all the way girl, heaven’s just up the road.

CHORUS:
They say its goes on forever, and we can go there together.
We both want something better, baby, and i know its waiting, i know its waiting….
Just up the road
Just up the road

END: (repeating 3 times)
Let’s chase these white lines, till we find that promise we’ve never known
Lets take that fast lane all the way girl, heaven’s just up the road.

Intro: Em G Dsus2 Cadd9 (2X)

A cool September morning, waitin’ on the pawn shop to let me in
Two Hundred Dollars worth of summer yard mowin’, that I just had to spend
I had my eye on two things, but I could only pick just one
A young man’s first decision; is it a guitar or a gun?

I can still hear daddy’s voice say “now think about it son’
‘One of these will last forever, and the other’s just for fun
One can feed your family, and one will end you up in jail”
And he seemed to know which one was which, but me, I couldn’t tell

Chorus:
I could learn to shoot like Jesse James, out there on the run,
Play guitar and be a Rolling Stone, well that just sounds like fun
A rock star or an outlaw, well, either way I’ve won,
When I walk out this door with a guitar or a gun

I’ve thought about it long and hard, as I held ‘em in my hand
Standin’ at the crossroads, still decidin’ who I am
They’re both just wood and metal. Six bullets or six strings
Whichever choice I make I’ll leave here feeling like a king

Chorus:
I could learn to shoot like Jesse James, out there on the run,
Play guitar and be a Rolling Stone, well that just sounds like fun
A rock star or an outlaw, well, either way I’ve won
When I walk out this door with a guitar or a gun

Bridge:

A cool September morning, waitin’ on the pawn shop to let me in
Two Hundred Dollars worth of summer yard mowin’, that I just had to spend

Chorus:
Should I learn to shoot like Jesse James, out there on the run,
Play guitar and be a Rolling Stone, well that just sounds like fun
A rock star or an outlaw, well, either way I’ve won
When I walk out this door with a guitar or a gun
C G D? Em G Dsus2
When I walk out this door with a guitar’?.. or a gun
With a guitar or a gun

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Tuning: Standard, Capo Second Fret

All tabs and chords relative to capo

You may want to try replacing the D chords with (x00200)

Intro:

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|--4---4---4---4---4h5---5---5---5----|
E|----5---5---5---5-----5---5---5---5--|

Riff 1

e|------------0-----|
B|------------------|
G|----------2-------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|

Riff 2:

e|----7-5------7-5------7-5--|
B|--5--------5--------3------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Riff 2 (Easy Alternative – Octive Lower):

e|---------------------------|
B|----0--------0--------0----|
G|------2--------2--------2--|
D|--2--------2--------0------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

VERSE 1

(Intro)
How would this be if I was alone tonight

(Riff 1)
Maybe then my love everything would turn out right

I wish that this were easy but you know that it never is

It seems like hearts get broken during things like this

And if you see her walking down along these streets

Her body softly swaying to her heart’s broken beats

And if you see her tell her that I’m doing fine

And tell her if she feels like talking she should call me sometime

And I can’t fight it anymore

I can’t stop it once it starts

(Riff 2 repeats)

Well it’s a shame babe

Well it’s a shame babe

Well it’s a shame babe

The way we’ve torn it all apart

(Intro and Riff 1)

And if you see her let her know I wish her well
And if things will get much better tell her only time will tell
‘Cause if she’s lonely well I’m alright
‘Cause you know
When it falls down I’ll be there to pick it up one more time

-VERSE-
Jessie told her mama, she’s gonna be out late
But she ain’t comin’ home at all
Tyler’s gettin’ new ink out at that little place
Down by the old strip mall
Somebody’s gonna get drunk, somebody’s gonna get lucky
Tomorrow there’s gonna be talk
But it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America

-CHORUS-
We’re lettin’ our freedom ring
Chasin’ these small town dreams
D[G/F#]oin’ what our parents did
Watchin’ them shake their heads
Thinkin’ we’ve all gone crazy lately
But we know it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America

-VERSE 2-
Brandon just got back, two years in Iraq
They’re throwin’ him a party tonight
Lindsay’s home cryin’ cause she caught Travis in
Another one of his damn lies
Yeah, Billy and the band, they’re settin’ up their amps and
Playin’ for beer in that little dive
But it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America

-CHORUS-
We’re lettin’ our freedom ring
Chasin’ these small town dreams
D[G/F#]oin’ what our parents did
Watchin’ them shake their heads
Thinkin’ we’ve all gone crazy lately
But we know it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America

-SOLO- G C7 G Em D G(x2)

-BRIDGE-
Yeah, we’re bustin’ our asses (Woaah)
Yeah, we’re raisin’ our glasses (Yeaaah)
Ain’t afraid to get aloud when the sun goes down round here
But we know it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America

-CHORUS-
We’re lettin’ our freedom ring
Chasin’ these small town dreams
D[G/F#]oin’ what our parents did
Watchin’ them shake their heads
Thinkin’ we’ve all gone crazy lately
But we know it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America
Everybody it’ll be alright, it’s just another night
In the middle of America

Verse 1:
I spent my small-town Saturdays watching a big ‘ol movie screen
Hoping someday I’d be up there living all my dreams
And I could be a hollywood hero, make the girls all smile and weep
Think that someday they might have a boy like me

Verse 2:
And I’d remember playing baseball, standing on the pitcher’s mound
Thinking someday a fastball might get me out of this town
Maybe I could wear the pinstripes, be a Yankee true and proud
But all that seems a million dreams away right now

Chorus:
Cause I met you and then I knew my big dreams were done
And I’d settle down in the same small town and swear you were the one
Some might call it giving up, but it don’t feel that way to me
I think it’s just the two of us and our little bitty dreams

Verse 3:
I remember I first met you, oh, how you loved to dance
Said you’d be a ballerina if you just had the chance
Maybe go to some big city, where nobody knows your name
Bathe in all the bright lights, and find your fortune and fame

Chorus:
But I met you and then I knew that your big dreams were done
We’d settle down in the same small town and you’d swear I was the one
Some might call it giving up, but it don’t feel that way to me
I think it’s just the two of us and our little bitty dreams

Verse 4:
I remember you first told me a baby boy was on the way
And everything I thought I wanted, it just washed away

Chorus:
Cause I met you and then I knew my big dreams were done
And I’d settle down in the same small town and try to raise a son
Some might call it giving up, but it don’t feel that way to me
I think it’s just the three of us and our little bitty dreams

I bought your old man’s beat up Chevrolet.
Paid him $2000 not to throw it away.
A little elbow grease to make that old thing shine
Even brighter than the day that it rolled off the line.

[Verse 2]
Yeah sometimes this world has a way
Of wearing you down a little day by day.
You say you worry that we’re going off track,
But we ain’t lost nothing that we can’t get back.

Ain’t nothing we can’t fix.
Ain’t no broken trust.
Ain’t no great divide between the two of us.
It’s just the heavy hand of time.
Kinda wears away the shine.
But don’t worry. It’s just a little bit of rust.

[Verse 3]
Well the truth is you could talk a little less,
And I could listen a little more.
But it ain’t like anybody’s walking out the door.
So unless you’ve got anything else to say,
I’m gonna go fire up that ol’ Chevrolet.

[Verse 4]
You can put your blue dress on and fix your hair just right.
I’m gonna take you out downtown tonight.
Walked across the floor like I did back then.
We’ll dance until this old love shines again.

Ain’t nothing we can’t fix.
Ain’t no broken trust.
Ain’t no great divide between the two of us.
It’s just the heavy hand of time.
Kinda wears away the shine.
But don’t worry. It’s just a little bit of rust.

Ain’t nothing we can’t fix.
Ain’t no broken trust.
Ain’t no great divide between the two of us.
It’s just the heavy hand of time.
Kinda wears away the shine.
But don’t worry. It’s just a little bit of rust.