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Song is played in standard tuning
Chords used:
SOL DO9 RE DO DOadd9 DOmaj7 FA LAm MIm
e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0--
B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0--
G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0--
D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2--
A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2--
E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0--
SOL DO9
SOL
Pop works in the shop til eight
DO9
Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
SOL RE DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn
SOL
Pop slams open the front screen door
DO9
Just to scare mom
She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
SOL RE DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
He washes his dirty hands in the sink
SOL
And things around the table are kind of rough
DO9
Mom says it's pa
Pa says, "Times are just tough"
SOL RE DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all
SOL
The garage door light brightens up the night
DO9
Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
SOL RE
As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
old car
SOL
He said a car can cure any problem at all
DO9
Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small
SOL RE
But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and
DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
drive us away
SOL
That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life
DO9
He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
SOL RE
I got my first taste of freedom
DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
beneath the light of the moon
FA SOL
But if it were me
FA SOL
I'd have the guts
FA SOL DO DOmaj7 LAm
I'd put to test those bolts and nuts
MIm LAm
And I'd Ride
DO RE SOL
Away so fast, so far
SOL
Put away our tools
We go back inside
DO9
Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
SOL RE DO DOadd9 DO DOmaj7
I wonder if all girls are crazy this way
SOL
I wish pops would just get a spine
DO9
I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine
SOL RE DO DOmaj7 DOadd9 DO
He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son"
SOL
Most times are good it's just some that are lame
DO9
But love makes up for those times in beteween
SOL RE DO DOadd9
He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand
DO DOmaj7 SOL
said one day I'd understand
FA SOL
But if it were me
FA SOL
I'd have the guts
FA SOL DO DOmaj7 LAm
I'd put to test those bolts and nuts
MIm LAm
And I'd Ride
DO RE MIm
Away so fast, so far
LAm DO RE MIm
Ride Away so fast so far
LAm DO RE
Ride Away
(end on Em with upward strum)
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