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Granddaddys Chevrolet by Brandon Davis

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Verse 1:
C                                    C
My granddaddy was a runner, drove a '57 Chevrolet
        Bm                              G                      C
Rain or shine for his brothers, spotted my grandmother, saying it put him in the grave
  C                                   C
A couple of generations later, it got passed to my cousin and me
       Bm                         G                     C
We ran that firewater cross the Carolina border to them towns down in Tennessee
         Bm                       G                       C
Might've been the burning of them white wall tires or the chance we could get caught
    Bm                     G                C
But under the cover of the midnight moon, I swore we had it all


Chorus:
              Bm  C
When we would drive
C                   G                         Bm C
Hearts like Detroit still couldn't feel more alive
     C               G
That asphalt paved a path to freedom
        Bm             C                         C          Gm      C
We were somewhere redlining on a prayer, between heaven and hell to pay
        Bm                              G                 C
We were thunder in the dark, white lightning in a jar, in granddaddy's Chevrolet

Verse 2:
      C                                                  C
She'd shine like a brand new copper belt of steel, still rolls like she's fresh off the line
          Bm                      G                          C
Just a little old grocery getter, Lord never knew no better, hiding in plain sight
             Bm                    G
And a twenty-gallon tank where the spare used to sit
      C
And a switch you'd flip to hide the plate
             Bm                  G
And when the sun went down, them horses came out
         C
Kill the lights, cut the curves
C
Hit the gas, forget the breaks


Chorus:
              Bm  C
When we would drive
C                   G                         Bm C
Hearts like Detroit still couldn't feel more alive
     C               G
That asphalt paved a path to freedom
        Bm             C                         C          Gm      C
We were somewhere redlining on a prayer, between heaven and hell to pay
        Bm                              G                 C                      Bm
We were thunder in the dark, white lightning in a jar, in granddaddy's Chevrolet
        G             C
In granddaddy's Chevrolet


Bridge:
     Bm                     G
On a late-night run, as the weather went south
        C
We were hauling down White Bridge Road
   Bm                    G
We hit that curve as the rain came down
         C
And only one of us made it back home
         Gm        C     C
Now it's gone, and all I want


Out-Chorus:
      Bm7 C
Is to drive
C                   G                         Bm C
Hearts like Detroit still couldn't feel more alive
     C               G
That asphalt paved a path to freedom
        Bm7            C                         C          Gm      C
We were somewhere redlining on a prayer, between heaven and hell to pay
        Bm7                             G                 C
We were thunder in the dark, white lightning in a jar, in granddaddy's Chevrolet