Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro: B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse:
B minorBm G+G
It started out blue like an east Tennessee June sky
D MajorD
Full of small town innocents, guarded by a picket fence
A augmentedA
Perfect til' I drove by
B minorBm
You were lookin' for a way out and I was on my way girl
G+G
Won't you love a cowboy who'll never be the same
D MajorD
I know right now you think this is it
A augmentedA
But what I'm gonna leave you with
Chorus:
B minorBm
Neon eyes
G+G
Dollar in a jukebox heartache
D MajorD
Drankin' off a divebar highway
D MajorD
This smoke soaked up in tequila
A augmentedA
Told you I'd leave you
F# minorF#m B minorBm
With neon eyes
G+G
Dancin' with her ghost on the dance floor
D MajorD
Never really get what you came for
D MajorD
On the lips sippin' on a margarita
A augmentedA
Girl I'd hate to see you
F# minorF#m B minorBm
With neon eyes
Verse:
B minorBm G+G
Right now they're glowin' like a cigarette we just sparked
D MajorD
Oh but I've seen this scene before like the lights on a liquor store
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Pretty soon they'll go dark
B minorBm
I know you're tired of all the same shit, that's why you think you want this
G+G
I can show you first hand girl what you wish you'd have missed
D MajorD
But if you wanna take it from me
A augmentedA
I guess you gonna have to sit through
Chorus:
F# minorF#m B minorBm
Neon eyes
G+G
Dollar in a jukebox heartache
D MajorD
Drankin' off a divebar highway
D MajorD
This smoke soaked up in tequila
A augmentedA
Told you I'd leave you
F# minorF#m B minorBm
With neon eyes
G+G
Dancin' with her ghost on the dance floor
D MajorD
Never really get what you came for
D MajorD
On the lips sippin' on a margarita
A augmentedA
Girl I'd hate to see you
F# minorF#m B minorBm G+G
With neon eyes
Post Chorus:
D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Neon eyes
Bridge:
E minorEm
I don't wanna be the one to say I told you so
B minorBm A augmentedA
Just let me push you away before you get too close
E minorEm B minorBm E minorEm
I can't go and make up your mind
G+G
And I don't wanna be the reason behind those
Chorus:
B minorBm
Neon eyes
G+G
Dollar in a jukebox heartache
D MajorD
Drankin' off a divebar highway
D MajorD
This smoke soaked up in tequila
A augmentedA
Told you I'd leave you
F# minorF#m B minorBm
With neon eyes
G+G
Dancin' with her ghost on the dance floor
D MajorD
Never really get what you came for
D MajorD
On the lips sippin' on a margarita
A augmentedA
Girl I'd hate to see you
F# minorF#m B minorBm G+G
With neon eyes
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA
Neon eyes
F# minorF#m B minorBm
Neon eyes