F                         Dm 
It was just another story written on the second page 
Bb                              C 
Underneath the Tiger's football score  
        F                     Dm 
It said he was only eighteen, a boy about my age  
Bb                                      C 
They found him face down on the bedroom floor  
            Dm                        C 
There'll be services on Friday at the Lawrence Funeral Home 
Bb                                       C                                
Then out on Mooresville highway, they'll lay him 'neath a stone?  
 
(Chorus) 
 
F          C        Bb      F          C         Bb 
How do you get that lonely, how do you hurt that bad  
Gm                         Dm 
To make you make the call, that havin' no life at all  
D#                 Dm            C 
Is better than the life that you had  
F          C       Dm C Bb            F          Bb 
How do you feel so empty, you want to let it all go 
F          C        Bb     Gm     C      Bb 
How do you get that lonely... and nobody know?  
 
 
F                                            Dm 
Did his girlfriend break up with him, did he buy or steal that gun?  
Bb                       C            F 
Did he lose a fight with drugs or alcohol?  
                                Dm 
Did his Mom and Daddy forget to say I love you son?  
Bb                                C 
Did no one see the writing on the wall?  
        Dm                      C 
I'm not blamin' anybody, we all do the best we can  
Bb                              C 
I know hindsight's 20/20, but I still don't understand? 
 
(repeat Chorus)  
 
F                         Dm 
It was just another story printed on the second page  
Bb             C                   Dm 
Underneath the Tiger's football score?