8teen chords by Garth Brooks

Verse 1:
G               C
We took Ventura Highway to the Sunshine State
      G                  D
Where they raised their hands to Jesus as they passed the plate
    Em      D/F#      C
Oh, and every day we spent there was Valentine's day
     Am      D     G
There's a new team, out in Queens, 8teen

Verse 2:
    G                C
And the girl made in Japan was made for me to hold
   G                 D
When Vincent lent an ear the night the thunder rolled
    Em       D/F#     C
And the ride we took together was a rodeo
  Am   D      G      C
Big dreams, six strings, 8teen

Chorus:
    Em      D/F#     C
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
     G               D
From the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
     Em         D/F#        C
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
          Am
God's gift runneth o’er my cup
             D
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
  C       G   C
It all adds up to 8teen

Verse 3:
    G              C
And we heard about the letters kept beside his bed
      G               D
And how he never could forget her or the words she said
     Em      D/F#       C
That will forever be enshrined and underlined in red
   Am       D     G
Such sad scenes, so pristine, 8teen

Verse 4:
  G                 C
He rode that silver bullet 'cross the borderline
    G               D
There beneath the maple leaf inside a Nimbus 9
    Em         D       C
And the song he hummed that night moves me every time
Am      D     G   C
Fourteen, and so green, 8teen

Chorus:
    Em      D/F#     C
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
     G               D
From the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
     Em         D/F#        C
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
          Am
God's gift runneth o’er my cup
             D
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
  C       G
It all adds up to 8teen

Bridge:
Cm          G
Forever frozen now in time
            Cm
The night the miracle occurred
              G
They walked on water in my mind
       Em
JC and Uncle Herb
             A    Am
Though we never heard the words
  D        G
It all adds up to 8teen

Chorus:
    Em      D/F#     C
And for everyone born 8teen runnin' wild and free
     G               D
From the pearly gates of Heaven and the fiery sea
     Em         D/F#        C
Know that each will teach of passage through the trinity
          Am
God's gift runneth o’er my cup
             D
Call it a blessing or you call it luck
  C       G   C
It all adds up to 8teen

Outro:
G  C
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