[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--x---7--6-7---- D 0-----7---7--------- A ----------0--------- D 0-----9-------------
[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
[Intro - BPM 116 - Coming into Choruses hang onto F and also play emphasis F on snare in chorus 'but i just (quiet) wait] F C Bb
[Verse 1] [F] Morning, it's [C] Another pure [Bb] grey [F] morning Don't [C] know what the [Bb] day is [F] holding When I g [C] et upti [Bb] gh And I wa [F] lk right into the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning Bo [F] l
[Verse 2] [F] Sirens of an a [C] mbule [Bb] nce comes h [F] owling Right thr [C] ough the ce [Bb] ntre of t [F] own and No one bl [C] inks an e [Bb] ye and I l [F] ook up to the sky for the [C] path of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 3] [F] Met her as the a [C] ngels p [Bb] arted fo [F] r her but she o [C] nly b [Bb] rought me to [F] rture but t [C] hat's what h [Bb] appens When it's y [F] ou who's standing in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 4] [F] Chances, people t [C] ell you n [Bb] ot to take ch [F] ances When they t [C] ell you there a [Bb] ren't any an [F] swers and [C] I was st [Bb] arting to ag [F] ree but I awoke suddenly in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Verse 5] [F] Fortune, people ta [C] lking a [Bb] ll about fo [F] rtune Do you m [C] ake it or d [Bb] oes it just ca [F] ll you In the b [C] linking of an [Bb] ey Just an [F] other passer by in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
[Chorus] [Bb] Everyone I see just walks the walk with gritted teeth but I just [F] stand by and I wait my time They say you [Bb] gotta toe the line they want the water not the wine But when I [F] see the signs I [C] jump on that [Bb] lightning b [F] olt
[Verse 6] [F] It was silent, I was l [C] ying b [Bb] ack gazing sky [F] ward [C] When the m [Bb] oment got shat [F] tered I rem [C] ember what she sai [Bb] d and then she f [F] led in the p [C] ath of a l [Bb] ightning bo [F] l
