Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
FF A minorAm G+G FF
🎸 Verse 1:
FF A minorAm G+G FF
There was a girl from Tennessee
FF A minorAm G+G FF
Brought the fires of Hell on me
FF A minorAm G+G FF
She brought a long line of hurt and a world of trouble
FF A minorAm G+G FF
Every door became one more wall
FF A minorAm G+G FF
Goddamn, you know I gave it my all
FF A minorAm G+G FF FF
Oh, I tried and I tried, but couldn't stop lovin' her
🎸 Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Some people take it for a ride
FF FF
Let it rust outside like a broke-down Chevrolet
G+G A minorAm
Some people keep it inside
FF FF
Goin' out of their mind like they're high on cocaine
G+G A minorAm
Oh, I wish it wouldn't just go
FF FF
Throwin' it around like it's fool's gold
G+G A minorAm FF
Oh, therе ain't no slowin' me down
FF G+G A minorAm FF F
I wear mine on my sleevе
G+G A minorAm FF F
Sleeve
FF A minorAm G+G FF (4x)
🎸 Verse 2:
FF A minorAm G+G FF
She drove me out of state and out of mind
FF A minorAm G+G FF
And I searched for her on those West Coast nights
FF A minorAm G+G FF
In every little smile and stranger passin' through
FF A minorAm G+G FF
I still see her now and then in my dreams
FF F minorFm G+G FF
It's like she's still callin' out to me
FF A minorAm G. FF
But I know that she's far gone, oh, oh
🎸 Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Some people take it for a ride
FF FF
Let it rust outside like a broke-down Chevrolet
G+G A minorAm
Some people keep it inside
FF FF
Goin' out of their mind like they're high on cocaine
G+G A minorAm
Oh, I wish it wouldn't just go
FF FF
Throwin' it around like it's fool's gold
G+G A minorAm FF
Oh, therе ain't no slowin' me down
FF G+G A minorAm FF F
I wear mine on my sleevе
G+G A minorAm FF F
Sleeve
🎸 Bridge:
FF A minorAm G+G FF
I was as blue as those cop car lights
FF A minorAm G+G FF
Innocent in that cell that night
FF A minorAm G+G FF
She broke me down to pieces
FF A minorAm G+G FF
She broke me down to pieces
FF A minorAm G+G FF
I'm still pickin' up the pieces
FF A minorAm G+G FF
But at least it's still beatin'
🎸 Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Some people take it for a ride
FF FF
Let it rust outside like a broke-down Chevrolet
G+G A minorAm
Some people keep it inside
FF FF
Goin' out of their mind like they're high on cocaine
G+G A minorAm
Oh, I wish it wouldn't just go
FF FF
Throwin' it around like it's fool's gold
G+G A minorAm FF
Oh, therе ain't no slowin' me down
FF G+G A minorAm FF F
I wear mine on my sleevе
G+G A minorAm FF F
Sleeve