🎸 Intro: E B A E B A 🎸 Verse 1: E B I swear I don't know how I trusted A A Montero with the AC busted E B A couple bad demos on a burned CD A Will take me all the way to Tennesse E B I showed up to the new apartment A
First month's, last month's, due deposit E B Hadn't heard the sound of a door slam yet A Thank god I was an optimist 🎸 Chorus: E I drove circles around this town A Tryna ride circles around this town B Tryna say somethin' with meanin' A Somethin' worth singin' about E I've been countin' up in Ruthless A Yeah, got here but the truth is B Thought when I'd hit it, it'd all look different A But I still got the pedal down E B A Drivin' circles around this town 🎸 Verse 2: E B So many tim s I thought about leavin' A Got my ass kicked tryin' to compet? with E B Everybody else is ones who got away A I'm around long enough to catch a break E B A couple hundred songs and the ones that finally worked A Was the one about a car and the one about a church But I wrote 🎸 Chorus: E Drivin' circles around this town A Tryna ride circles around this town B Tryna say somethin' with meanin' A Somethin' worth singin' about E I've been countin' up in Ruthless A Yeah, got here but the truth is B Thought when I'd hit it, it'd all look different A But I still got the pedal down E A Drivin' circles around this town B A Drivin' circles around this town Hey! 🎸 Instrumental: E A B A 🎸 Chorus: E I drove circles around this town A Tryna ride circles around this town B Tryna say somethin' with meanin' A Somethin' worth singin' about E I've been countin' up in Ruthless A Yeah, got here but the truth is B Thought when I'd hit it, it'd all look different A But I still got the pedal down Still get lost and still get found E B A Drivin' circles around this town E B A Oh yeah