Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are chords by Meat Loaf

F   Gsus2   Am   Bb  Dm7  Am/E    F/Bb  C

   F            Gsus2         Am             Bb
The skies were pure and the fields were green The sun was brighter than it's ever been
      Dm7          Am/E               Bbmaj7        C
When I grew up with my best friend Kenny  We were close as any brothers than you ever knew
     F            Gsus2         Am             Bb
It was always summer and the future called We were ready for adventures and we wanted them
         Dm7       Am/E      Bbmaj7      C
all There was so much left to dream And so much time to make it real.

      Dm         Am7/E         Bb        C
But I can still recall the sting of all    The tears when he was gone
        Dm                 Am        Bb         C
They said he crashed and burned   I know I'll never learn why any boy should die so young
      Gm7              C           Dm           Bb
 We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune    We got in trouble but we sure got around
       Gm7              C               Dm       Dm/C
There are times I think I see him peeling out of the dark  I think he's right behind me now and
        Bb
he's gaining ground
      Am7         Dm            Bb      C
But it was long ago and it was far away     God it seems so very far
    Am7       Dm          Bb        C   C7
And if life is just a highway  Then the soul is just a car
   F            Gsus2       F/A  Bb    F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    F         Gsus2         F/A       F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
   F            Gsus2       F/A  Bb    F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    F         Gsus2         F/A       F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
Gm F/A Csus F  Dm Bb C7
    They are
   F           Gsus2          Am             Bb
And when the sun descended and the night arose I heard my father cursing everyone he knows

      Dm7          Am/E          Bbmaj7        C
He was dangerous and drunk and defeated  And corroded by failure and envy and hate
     F            Gsus2         Am           Bb
There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze Nowhere to hide and no leaves on the trees
     Dm7       Am/E         Bbmaj7      C
And my father's eyes were blank as he hit me again and again and again

     Dm            Am7/E         Bb     C
I know I still believe he'd never let me leave, I had to run away alone
      Dm             Am           Bb      C
So many threats and fears, so many wasted years, before my life became my own
         Gm7         C           Dm         Bb
 And though the nightmares should be over    Some of the terrors are still intact
       Gm7        C            Dm      Dm/C
I hear that ugly coarse and violent voice and then he grabs me from behind and then he
      Bb
pulls me back
      Am7         Dm            Bb      C
But it was long ago and it was far away     God it seems so very far
    Am7       Dm          Bb        C   C7
And if life is just a highway  Then the soul is just a car
   F            Gsus2       F/A  Bb    F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    F         Gsus2         F/A       F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
   F            Gsus2       F/A  Bb    F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    F         Gsus2         F/A       F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
Gm F/A Csus F  Dm Bb C7
    They are

Gm7 C Dm Bb
Gm7 C Dm Dm/C
Bbmaj7 Dm/C Dm Dm/C
Bbmaj7 Bb/C F Gsus2
Am Bb Dm7 Am/F
Bb C

       F           Gsus2        Am             Bb
There was a beauty living on the edge of town and she always put the top up and the hammer down
      Dm7          Am/E          Bbmaj7        C
And she taught me everything I'll ever know about the mystery and the muscle of love
     F            Gsus2            Am            Bb
The stare would glimmer and the moon would glow, I'm in the back seat with my Julie like Romeo
     Dm7       Am/E       Bbmaj7      C
And the signs along the highway all said "Caution! Kids At Play!"
         Dm             Am7/E          Bb       C
Those were the rights of spring and we did everything, there was salvation every night
      Dm            Am           Bb        C
We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn but everything we tried was right
       Gm7         C           Dm        Bb
She used my body just like a bandage    She used my body just like a wound
       Gm7        C             Dm             Dm/C
I'll probably never know where she disappeared but I can see her rising up out of the back seat now
        Bbmaj7           Bb
just like an angel rising up from a tomb!
      Am7         Dm             Bb      C
But it was long ago and it was far away     Oh God it seems so very far
    Am7       Dm          Bb        C   C7
And if life is just a highway  Then the soul is just a car
   F            Gsus2       F/A  Bb    F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    F         Gsus2         F/A       F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
   F            Gsus2       F/A  Bb    F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
    F         Gsus2         F/A       F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       Gm7        C
She used her body just like a bandage
       Dm7        Bb
She used my body just like a wound
    Gm7          C         Dm              Am/C