Chords with lyrics
Verse 1
C majorC C7C7 FF
I always go the other way but my car drove me down today
C majorC G+G
To a little house on the older side of town
C majorC FF
Back when things were never hard I used to play there in that yard
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
Verse 2
C majorC C7C7 FF
Cokes were just a nickel then and across the street at the Five and Ten
C majorC G+G G7G7
A augmentedA lot of things were cheap and square and strange
C majorC C7C7 FF
And the life that we had might have been but it was one we loved believing in
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
CHORUS:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
I wondered now if love is still the way it was back then
D7D7 G+G G7G7
I need to know that life is still a place worth living in
C majorC C7C7 FF
There it is just like it was a house where there was always love
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
Guitar Solo Interlude: follow chords for one verse
Verse 3
C majorC C7C7
In a world that seen it's better days
FF C majorC
it's good to know some things remain the same
C majorC G+G
Though standing still is not times way
C majorC C7C7 FF
Take to heart while in it's spring that love is just a fragile thing
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
And I just drove by to see if things have changed
CHORUS:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
I wondered now if love is still way it was back then
D7D7 G+G G7G7
I need to know that life is still a place worth livin' in
C majorC C7C7 FF
There it is just like it was a house where there was always love
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
I just drove by to see if things had changed
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC