The Girl Who Drove Away chords by Kerrigan And Lowdermilk

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

Dsus2
I really don’t know what I’m doing here.
Gsus2
I don’t have anything to share.
Dsus2                       Gsus2
I guess I’m here to explain myself.
D/F#           Em11
Why I went and where.
C7                 Fsus2
And I guess that’s fair.

Bbsus2 Fsus2 C7sus4

Verse 1:

Fsus2
I’m only human.
Bbsus2
I’ve made some mistakes.
Fsus2                  Bsus2
I don’t think I should apologize.
       C7sus4         Bbmaj7
We all make our own decisions.
                      C13
We don’t get to make revisions.
                     Bbsus2
I didn’t have a grand plan.
Csus4                      Bbsus2
I don’t know why I started driving
   Csus4
Or where it all began.
Bbmaj7             Am7                 Gm9  F/A
All I know is the feeling of having to say
C7sus4
I’m the girl who drove away.

Fsus4 Bbsus2 Fsus2

Verse 2:

C7sus4
I have no excuse to make.
Fsus2
How the road was calling
Bbsus2
Doesn’t matter at all.
Fsus2                     Bbsus2
How I dreamed of highways beckoning.
Csus4   C          Bbsus2
I forgot it was an illusion.
                      C13
It led to the wrong conclusion.
                         Bbsus2
I thought I proved I was strong.
Csus2                          Bbsus2
But when the highway reached the ocean,
Csus4
I realized I was wrong.
Bbmaj7                Am7
Standing there like a fool,
                        Gm9 F/A
That’s the price that I pay
C7sus4
As the girl who drove away.

Fsus2 Bbsus2 Csus4 F

Bridge:

C7sus4
But I still feel it:
Bbsus2                Csus4
The way the day blows across the sky,
F/A                      Csus4
And how the miles keep on flying by.
G                      Gsus4 G                  Em  Fsus2 C7sus4
I swear I’d never seen this kind of deep orange sunset.
Bmaj7                 B7
It’s almost worth the regret.

Verse 3:

F#sus2
I’m not complaining.
Bsus2
I don’t have the right.
F#sus2                   B6
I have made my choice, I live with it,
C#sus4        C#      Bmaj7
But I don’t sleep at all now.
                              C#13
The leaves start to turn, it’s fall now.
                        Bsus2
I don’t know why I left home.

C#sus4 Bsus2

C#
And I no longer see
Bmaj7                A#m7              G#m7 F/A C#7sus4
Why a smart girl like me ever wanted to be
                            Ebm11
The girl who packed her bags,
                             Fm11
And loaded her dad’s old sedan.

That desp’rate girl who ran
Bmaj9                   A#m7
From the future spelled out in her DNA
Bmaj9             A#m7                          Dmaj9 C#sus4
From the life she deserved, and who stands here today.
                       F#sus2
The girl who drove away.

Bsus2 F#sus2