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1
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Intermediate πͺ
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πΈ Intro:
C
πΈ Verse 1:
C F C
The way I'm looking out this window pane
C C/B Am F C
Reminds me of the thin line between lovin' and insane
C F C
And all the leaves that hug the road
C C/B Am F C
Remind me of the sweetest hugs a man has ever known
πΈ Verse 2:
C F C
Lord
I was born to run away
C C/B Am F C
But I've never been so scared that I was really gonna stay
C F C
She feels like life and she feels like home
C C/B Am F C
She feels like I don't have a single reason left to roam
πΈ Chorus:
F G C C/B Am
And it's good enough for me if I'm good enough for you
F G C
Dreamin's just a thing that I do
F G C C/B Am
Paint the picket fence and paint the mailbox too
F G C
And put me in your wrist tattoo
πΈ Verse 3:
C F C
Sleepin' in till 6 A.M.
C C/B Am
That's her kinda day
F C
She's like sleepin' with the wind
C F C
But I don't cry no I don't complain
C C/B Am
Her phone calls in the evening
Am/G F C
Ah
it makes my whole day
πΈ Chorus:
F G C C/B Am
And it's good enough for me if I'm good enough for you
F G C
Dreamin's just a thing that I do
F G C C/B Am
Paint the picket fence and paint the mailbox too
F G C
And put me in your wrist tattoo
πΈ Break:
C C |C C/B Am| Am G Am G Am G F Cmaj7 Fmaj7 C C
πΈ Verse 4:
C F C
Blonde and blue and cowboy jeans
C C/B Am Am/G F C
My heart beats red, she'll wake the dead, lord her soul is green
C F C
But still I wonder what a shame
C C/B Am Am/G F C
That I lived twenty years where I didn't know her name
[πΈ Chorus:
F G C C/B Am
And it's good enough for me if I'm good enough for you
F G C
And I guess I've been dreaming about you
F G C C/B Am
Paint the picket fence and paint the mailbox too
F G C C/B Am Am/G F C
And put me in your wrist tattoo
Song History
Published: August 27, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025