[Intro] C  G  D
        C  G  D  G

[Primeira Parte]

   G               D            Em
Couldn't have ever dawned on me, all the things that
C            G               D                     C
I would be I, I never really looked out quite that far
G                   D          Em
It's never been a simple thing, to see the world with a
C                      G             D                 C
Young man’s brain, with an old man’s heart, a restless soul

[Segunda Parte]

         G                       D
Yeah, my family went broke in my eighteenth year
Em                  C                   G
Dad took a job many miles from here that
G                   D              C
That was alright by me I was on my own
        G                  D
I had a band, found a job, life was alright
  Em                       C                        G
I worked when I had to, we played all the time, Only
G                D                     C
Got through that first year of college alright

[Refrão]

C
But I learned more on the freight docks
        G                          D
Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift
                    G
In the winter time, man it got cold
        C
Selling guitars on the west coast
      G                     D
Going hungry, chasin' ghost around
                    G
And around we would go
             C
And I saw it all tendin' bar at night
G
Treatin' saints and sinners right
          D                   G
Is a good thing to do all the time
          C
You never know who you’re talking’ to
    G
But always know who’s watching you
          D                             G
Keep your feet movin' straight down the line

[Terceira Parte]

     G              D              Em
I've known a lot of real good men, grad school or no school
     C                        G
I've called em' my friends I'm
    G                D                       C
I'm somewhere in the middle, and that's just fine
      G                          D
No, I don't give a damn how much money you make
        Em                           C                   G
If your last shirt has pockets, take all you can take I'm
          G              D                   C
Well, I'm goin' out with nothin' like I came in

[Refrão]

C
And I learned more on the freight docks
        G                          D
Driving forklifts on the 3 o'clock AM shift
                    G
In the winter time, man it got cold
        C
Selling guitars on the west coast
      G                     D
Going hungry, chasin' ghost around
                    G
And around we would go
             C
And I saw it all tendin' bar at night
G
Treatin' saints and sinners right
          D                   G
Is a good thing to do all the time
          C
You never know who you’re talking’ to
    G
But always know who’s watching you
          D                             C
Keep your feet movin' straight down the line
G                D             G    C
Somewhere in the middle's just fine
G                D             G
Somewhere in the middle's just fine

[Final] C  G  D  G