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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
**play this to begin
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|------0--|
A|--0h2----|
E|---------|
β« Intro:
D Cadd9 |G X4
β« Verse:
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
Roosevelt Road was too rough for my old truck
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
Yeah, she'd shake and she'd shimmy like Elvis singin' "All Shook Up"
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
But you can't blame a boy for going, drive it like you stole it fast
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
With your window down, brown hair, blowin' look at me like that
β« Chorus:
D Cadd9 G
A turned up radio but the static was heavy
D Cadd9 G
Couldn't make out any words but "take me to the levee"
D Cadd9 G Bm
That look on your face was full of wild desire
G A D Cadd9 G
Soakin' my soul in gas and settin' my heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
β« Verse:
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
I don't have a single second thought that doesn't have you in it
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
To feel those flames again, I'd go back in a New York minute
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
I miss the freedom of you dancing on the bow of your daddy's old boat
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
When my spirit starts sinkin' that picture always makes it float baby
β« Chorus:
D Cadd9 G
We weren't old enough to drink but we damn sure did it
D Cadd9 G
Hat turned backward singin' "Paradise City"
D Cadd9 G Bm
That look on your face was full of young desire
G A D Cadd9 G
Soakin' my soul in gas and settin' my heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
Heart on fire
β« Solo:
Bm |Bm |G |G |Bm |Bm |G |A |A |A |A D
β« Bridge:
D Cadd9 |G Bm X2
D Cadd9 G Bm
Turned up the radio but the static was heavy
D Cadd9 G Bm
Couldn't make out any words but "take me to the levee"
D Cadd9 G Bm Bm A G
That look on your face was full of wild desire
D Cadd9 G
Heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
Heart, a heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart, A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
heart on, heart on fire
β« Outro:
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
Roosevelt Road was too much for my old truck
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9 G
Yeah, she'd shake and she'd shimmy like Elvis singin' "All Shook Up"
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D Cadd9 G
A heart on fire
D
A heart on fire
Song History
Published: March 27, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025