| D  | G  |


[Verse]

 D                         G 
Look at that worn out rusty engine
 D                         G 
Sitting there begging for a spark
                                D 
Don't look like much in that con-dition
                                 A 
But there was a time you should've seen her run

 D                          G 
Down every back road in Lyle County
 D                           G 
Under every streetlight up on Main
                               D 
You sitting there drumming on a dashboard
                         A 
Both of us falling like a fickle rain


[Chorus]

 D      C 
We were cooler than December
 G                         D 
Hotter than July, young and strong
                  C 
Some things aren't meant to last forever
         G                                    D 
But that don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone


[Solo]

So come on 
| D  | C  | G  | D  |


[Verse]

 D                         C 
She had hair tangled as the kudzu, legs as long as the trails
    G                                                D 
That cut through those back acres to the river bend 
                                          C 
She had her daddy's temper and her momma's flair, made people talk
           G                                       D 
But did not care, try anything once ain't scared of nothing


[Chorus]

 D      C 
We were cooler than December
 G                         D 
Hotter than July, young and strong
                  C 
Some things aren't meant to last forever
         G                                    D 
But that don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone


[Solo]

So come on, 
| D  
come on,  
| C  | G 
don't mean you forget 'em 
| D  |


[Bridge]

 G                         A 
I still ride down those old roads
                  D 
Even if it's in my mind
                           Bm 
Tight blue jeans and winding curves
                    G                         A 
Keep me turning on a dime, yeah, just like the time ---

 D      C 
We were cooler than December
 G                         D 
Hotter than July, young and strong
                  C 
Some things aren't meant to last forever
         G                                    D7/C 
But that don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone

 D      C 
We were cooler than December
 G                         D 
Hotter than July, young and strong
                  C 
Some things aren't meant to last forever
         G                                    D 
But that don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone


[Tag]

 C               G                    D 
Don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone
           G  
So come on, come on
                                      D 
Don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone

  D                   G 
So come on, come on 
                                       D 
Don't mean you forget 'em when they're gone
           G         D  
So come on, come on, so come on, come on