Granddaddys Chevrolet Chords

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