INTRO:
C C G G Am C F G
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VERSE:
C
Wore cutoff blue jeans
C
And not a drop of sunscreen
Am G
We drove trucks at fifteen
F G
Bald tires making hayfield ruts
C
A Chevy key in your right hand
C
Punch a hole in a beer can
Am G
Acting tough chewing red man
F
And you'd get your butt tore up
G N.C.
If mama ever heard you cuss
CHORUS:
C
Yeah, that's just the way it was
G
Way back where I grew up
Am G
Barefeet on a county road
F G
Stealing kisses on a turn row
C
It's been a minute, yeah, it's been a while
G
But I'd drive a million two-lane miles
Am
To a town that's smaller
G
And gas was a dollar
F
When the days got hotter
G C G G
You'd take a sip of that hose water
VERSE:
C
First smoke in a parking lot
C G
Second base was far as you got
Am G
Filling signs full of buckshot
F
At least thе one you didn't run through
F
When therе wasn't nothing else to do
CHORUS:
C
Yeah, that's just the way it was
G
Way back where I grew up
Am G
Barefeet on a county road
F G
Stealing kisses on a turn row
C
It's been a minute, yeah, it's been a while
G
But I'd drive a million two-lane miles
Am
To a town that's smaller
G
Gas was a dollar
F
When the days got hotter
G C G G
You'd take a sip of that hose water
AM G F G
BREAK:
Am
Days were slower
G
World was younger
C
Time was simpler
F
Momma yelled supper
Am
Problems were fewer
G
Lived for the summer
C
Wish I'd known
F Fmaj7 F
I'd never get another-errr--er
CHORUS:
C
Yeah, that's just the way it was
G
Way back where I grew up
Am G
Barefeet on a county road
F G
Stealing kisses on a turn row
C
It's been a minute, yeah, it's been a while
G
But I'd drive a million two-lane miles
Am
To a town that's smaller
G
Gas was a dollar
F
When the days got hotter
G C G
You'd take a sip of that hose water
OUTRO:
G Am G F G C
You'd take a sip of that hose water
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