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Intro:
G C Em Em7
Verse 1:
C G G/B C
Well, you got just enough money for a little white Bic and a pack of dirty bird lights
G Em7
The rest of what mama sent you went to a forty-five-minute high
C G G/B C
Always runnin' around up and down town, but you never stop by the house
G Em7 C
Rollin' up dollars, livin' on dimes, bouncin' from couch to couch
Pre-Chorus:
Em G G/B
Wakin' up needin'
C
Chasin' that feelin'
Chorus:
G
The porch light's on, the door's unlocked
C
You could go on home 'fore it gets too dark
Em7
Your mama's been worried plum sick about you
C
Daddy don't know how to live without you
G
How long you gonna go on this way?
C
Losing you the more you take
Em D G C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
C Em D C G
Don't leave us all here with that pill to swallow
Interlude:
G/B C G G/B
Verse 2:
C G G/B C
Girl, you spend a lot of time in the passenger side of your own red Cavalier
G G/B C
Feelin' like hell, can't look at yourself any more in the flip-down mirror
G G/B C
Most of your friends done ran off to make something of themselves
G G/B C
But you hung around here runnin' 'round with him and turned into somebody else
Pre-Chorus:
Em D G G/B
Orange bottle with the white cap
C
Even though you know that
Chorus:
G
The porch light's on, the door's unlocked
C
You could go on home 'fore it gets too dark
Em7
Your mama's been worried plum sick about you
C
Daddy don't know how to live without you
G
How long you gonna go on this way?
C
Losing you the more you take
Em D G C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
C Em D C G
Don't leave us all here with that pill to swallow
Interlude:
G/B C G G/B C G
Pre-Chorus:
Em G G/B
Wakin' up needin'
C
Chasin' that feelin'
Chorus:
G
The porch light's on, the door's unlocked
C
You could go on home 'fore it gets too dark
Em7
Your mama's been worried plum sick about you
C
Daddy don't know how to live without you
G
How long you gonna go on this way?
C
Losing you the more you take
Em D G C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
Em D G C
Yeah, today, they didn't get you, but they might tomorrow
C Em D C
Don't leave us all here with that pill
G
to swallow
Song History
Published: November 15, 2024
Last Updated: September 10, 2025