Intro: G C9 G Pop works in the shop til eightC9 Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irateG D C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn G Pop slams open the front screen doorC9 Just to scare mom She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"G D C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 He washes his dirty hands in the sink G And things around the table are kind of roughC9 Mom says it's pa Pa says, "Times are just tough"G D C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all G The garage door light brightens up the nightC9 Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fightG D As though he could figure out that woman by working on thatC Cadd9 C Cmaj7 old car G He said a car can cure any problem at allC9 Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so smallG D But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat andC Cadd9 C Cmaj7 drive us away G That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about lifeC9 He said, "a man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"G D I got my first taste of freedomC Cadd9 C Cmaj7 beneath the light of the moon F G But if it were meF G I'd have the gutsF G C Cmaj7 Am I'd put to test those bolts and nutsEm Am And I'd RideC D G Away so fast, so far G Put away our tools We go back insideC9 Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cryG D C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 I wonder if all girls are crazy this way G I wish pops would just get a spineC9 I said I know it's little but you can borrow mineG D C Cmaj7 Cadd9 C He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son" G Most times are good it's just some that are lameC9 But love makes up for those times in beteweenG D C Cadd9 He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's handC Cmaj7 G said one day I'd understand F G But if it were meF G I'd have the gutsF G C Cmaj7 Am I'd put to test those bolts and nutsEm Am And I'd RideC D Em Away so fast, so farAm C D Em Ride Away so fast so farAm C D Ride Away Outro: Em
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