[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--7---7--6-7---- D 0-----9---7--------- A ----------0--------- E --------------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff] [D] When I was six years [G] old I broke my leg [Bm][A] [D] And I was running [G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A] [D] And tasted the [G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down [D] I was younger [G] then, [Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare] [G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here Made friends and [G] lost them through the years [G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring [D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop] [D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums] [D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking [Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A] [D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and [Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends [D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday [Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it [D] Right, I was younger [G] then [Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2] [G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long, [G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Bm][G][D][A7sus4] (Just bass drum) [Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes, [D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast [Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone, [D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed [Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife, [D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but [Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I, [D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and (full drums) [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh (slow down and quieter) [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
Capo 2 - BPM 121 [Intro] G/B (1 and 4 hold chord - B 3 0 and G 2 0 played by other strings) Cadd9 (2 and 4 hold chord) G/B Cadd9 [Verse] I feel your [G] head resting heavy on your [C] single bed I want to [G] hear all about it Get it [C] all off your chest, oh [G] I feel the tears and you're [C] not alone, oh [G] When I hold you, well I [C] won't let go, oh
[Chorus] [G] Why should [C] we care for what they're [D] selling us [C] anyway [G] We're so [C] younger than you [D] know, whoa [G] You don't have to be [C] there, b [G] abe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't ne [C] ed a p [G] lan of wh [C] at you wan [G] na do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving y [G] o
[Verse] [G] Your world keeps spinning and you [C] can't jump off But I will [G] catch you if you fall I can't [C] tell you enough [G] I hate to hear that you're [C] feeling low [G] I hate to hear that you [C] won't come home
[Chorus] [G] Why should [C] we care for what they're [D] selling us [C] anyway [G] We're so [C] younger than you [D] know, whoa [G] You don't have to be [C] there, b [G] abe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't ne [C] ed a p [G] lan of wh [C] at you wan [G] na do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving you, [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa
[Bridge] [Em] Easy, easy and a [C] one, two, three, oh [Em] Easy, breezy if you [C] come with me, oh [Em] Easy, easy and a [C] one, two, three, four, [Bm] five, six, seven eight, [C] nine, nine, nine, nine.
[Outro] [G] You don't have to be [C] there, [G] babe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't [C] need a p [G] lan of wh [C] at you wa [G] nna do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving y [G] o [G] You don't have to be [C] there, b [G] abe [G] You don't have to be [C] scared, [G] babe You don't [C] need a p [G] lan of w [C] hat you wa [G] nna do Won't you l [C] isten to the [G] man that's [D] loving you, [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa [D] , [G] whoa
