Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC
Verse:
C majorC FF
Three weeks before I could even meet
DmDm G+G
My brother's son, didn't see him turn one or two
C majorC FF
Three months I haven't made Sunday service once
DmDm G+G
I'm out on the road praying alone
C majorC FF
Every night for a sign that I'm doin' this right
A minorAm G+G
And I'm right where I'm supposed to be
Chorus:
C majorC
Momma said "You'll be a star"
G+G
And Daddy said "you're gonna go far
FF
All ya gotta do is sing your heart out"
C majorC
A augmentedA lot of miles, a lot of tears
G+G
Have given me some of my best years
FF C majorC E minorEm
But there's so much I had to miss out on
FF DmDm C majorC
Six years of missing home for three minutes on the radio
Verse:
C majorC FF DmDm
Three years of wishing that he was here holding my hand
G+G C majorC
No I didn't plan for those three words
FF
To be the ones that hurt
DmDm G+G
They don't sound the same from so far away, oh my
Chorus:
C majorC
Momma said "You'll be a star"
G+G
And Daddy said "you're gonna go far
FF
All ya gotta do is sing your heart out"
C majorC
A augmentedA lot of miles, a lot of tears
G+G
Have given me some of my best years
FF C majorC E minorEm
But there's so much I had to miss out on
FF DmDm C majorC
Six years of missing home for three minutes on the radio
Instrumental:
C majorC FF A minorAm G+G FF DmDm
Bridge:
C majorC
I do it for the three girls
FF
At my show that saved up for the third row
A minorAm G+G
And the three times that I heard just this week that my words
C majorC
Were sang by a three year old
FF
Hairbrush for a microphone
A minorAm
Little girl with a dream
G+G
And that girl was me, yeah
Chorus:
C majorC
Momma said "You'll be a star"
G+G
And Daddy said "you're gonna go far
FF
All ya gotta do is sing your heart out"
C majorC
A augmentedA lot of miles, a lot of tears
G+G
Have given me some of my best years
FF C majorC E minorEm
But there's so much I had to miss out on
FF DmDm
Six years of missing home
Bb majorBb FF C majorC FF
But I'd spend fifty more gone for three minutes on the radio
End on C majorC