| F |  F  | Bb |  Bb  |
| F |  F  | Bb |  Bb  |
| F | F G | Eb | Eb D |
| F | F G | Eb | Eb D | F |

[Bass line during Intro]
   F         F   G     Eb        Eb  D
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---------|-----0---|---------|---------|
D|-3-------|-3-------|-1-------|-1---0---|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|


[Verse 1]
F             G      Eb
- I'm fading out of sight
                  Bb     F
My wheels are the only sound
                 G       Eb
Runnin' at the speed of light
              Bb   F
I can't slow down now
          G     Eb
Out on an open road
           Bb       F
Racin' to beat the night
            G        Eb
No matter where I'm goin'
                      Bb
I guess I'll get all right
               F
So why don't I understand
                   Bb    C
What's trippin' me up?
                        F
It oughta be a simple thing


[Chorus]
             Bb
I can't hold on
    C          F
And I can't return
                 Bb
It's time to let go
          C               F
Start to live and learn


[Verse 2]
          G        Eb
I took a one-way flight
             Bb        F
Too high to see the ground
                G       Eb
Now I know how long it takes
            Bb   F
A heart to come down
              G      Eb
Alone on the highway now
               Bb      F
I'm takin' it mile by mile
                 G     Eb
I'd rather be a lonely man
                    Bb
Than an imprisoned child
             F
So why do I feel the strain
                       Bb   C
That keeps trippin' me up?
                           F
Will it ever be a simple thing?


[Chorus]
             Bb
I can't hold on
    C          F
And I can't return
            Bb
Rivers will run
      C           F
And bridges will burn
                 Bb
I can't say just how
                            Ab
But there's no lookin' back now


[Bridge]
                 Gm
(When everything fades away)
             Ab
(And there's nothing left)
 Bb       C
Then you got to keep rememberin'


[Chorus]
              Bb
I can't slow down
    C          F
And I can't return
                 Bb
It's time to let go
          C              F
Start to live and learn


[Solo]
| F | F | Eb | Eb D |
| F | F | Eb | Eb D |
| F | F | Eb | Eb D |
| F | F | Eb |  Bb  |


[Post verse]
               F
So why don't I understand now?
                   Bb   C
What's trippin' me up?
                              F
Well, it oughta be a simple thing


[Chorus]
             Bb
I can't hold on
    C          F
And I can't return
            Bb
Rivers will run
      C           F
And bridges will burn
Gm               Bb
I can't say just how
            C               F
But there's no lookin' back now
              Bb
I won't slow down
    C          F
And I can't return
                   Bb
As night turns to dawn
     C          Dm
The pages will burn
         F        Bb
I can't say just how
            C                F
But there's no lookin' back now


[Outro]
             Bb
I can't hold on
    C          F
And I can't return
                 Bb
It's time to let go
          C              F
Start to live and learn


[Instrumental Outro]
| F | F G | Eb | Eb Bb |
| F | F G | Eb | Eb Bb |
| F | F G | Eb | Eb D |
| F | F G | Eb | Eb D |
| F |  F  | Bb |  Bb  |
| F |  F  | Bb |  Bb  |