G C9 D C Cadd9 Cmaj7 F Am Em
G C9 G Pop works in the shop til eight
M C9 om's on the phone and she's kind of irate
G Sally's doing D sommersaults on the l C awn Cadd9 C Cmaj7
G Pop slams open the front screen door
J C9 ust to scare mom
She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
G He washes his D dirty hands C in the sink Cadd9 C Cmaj7
G And things around the table are kind of rough
C9 Mom says it's pa
Pa says, "Times are just tough"
G Me and Sally don't say m D uch of nothing at al C l Cadd9 C Cmaj7
G The garage door light brightens up the night
Pa C9 always works on cars when he gets in a fight
G As though he could figure out that w D oman by working on that
old c C ar Cadd9 C Cmaj7
G He said a car can cure any problem at all
Cause s C9 eeing all those parts makes a fight look so small
G But I wish he'd put me and S D ally in the backseat and
dr C ive us away Cadd9 C Cmaj7
That's when he s G its me down he said he's gonna teach me about life
He said, "A m C9 an needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
I got my f G irst taste of freedom D
beneath the light of the m C oon Cadd9 C Cmaj7
F But if it were m G e
F I'd have the g G uts
F I'd put to t G est those b C olts Cmaj7 and n Am uts
And I'd Em Ride Am
Aw C ay D so fast, so f G ar
G Put away our tools
We go back inside
M C9 om feels left out and now she's starting to cry
G I wonder if all girls D are crazy this w C ay Cadd9 C Cmaj7
G I wish pops would just get a spine
I said I kn C9 ow it's little but you can borrow mine
G He just smiles and says, D "Your mom means w C ell, s Cmaj7 on" Cadd9 C
G Most times are good it's just some that are lame
But l C9 ove makes up for those times in beteween
He got a t G ear in his eye as he t D ook mamma's h C and Cadd9
C said one d Cmaj7 ay I'd underst G and
F But if it were m G e
F I'd have the g G uts
F I'd put to t G est those b C olts Cmaj7 and n Am uts
And I'd Em Ride Am
Aw C ay D so fast, so f Em ar
Ri Am de Aw C ay D so fast so f Em ar
Ri Am de Aw C ay D
(end on Em with upward strum)
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Jewel
