Bb F C Bb F C

Bb                           F
We had no idea what we were in for
Bb                              F
3 boys trying to grow up strong
 Bb                        F            Gm
But we all found great comfort in music
                                       C
And the journey that carried us along

Bb                                 F
We bought an old van, borrowed a drum set
  Bb                                         F
Got a $40 dollar bass from the farm next door
  Bb                      F           Gm
Met a French Canadian in Rhode Island
Who told us to keep our sticks down, keep our heads up,
      C
 and get a lil something for

               Bb                 F
And we were trying to cross the world
            C                 Dm
We were trying to cross the world
           Bb                   F                   C
We were trying to cross the world for what we had found

[Solo]
Bb F C

Bb                                 F
 Dropped the tranny in Effingham, Illinois
Bb                                  F
Stealing gasoline in the freezing cold
Bb
Once teenage friends
                            F                       Gm
Now struggling with the place where the sidewalk ends

So we said goodbye in Boston
           C
With that dirty water rolling on

               Bb                 F
And we were trying to cross the world
            C                 Dm
We were trying to cross the world
           Bb                   F                   C
We were trying to cross the world for what we had found

              Bb                   F
And we were trying to cross the world
            C                 Dm
We were trying to cross the world
           Bb                   F                   C
We were trying to cross the world for what we had found

[Solo]
Bb F Dm C Am Dm
Bb F C

Dm                            Am
But then you all came out in New York
        Bb                      F
For a country that was so far away
       Dm                                        Am    
I'€™ll tell you, I'€™ll tell you, there'€™s an Elias in
  Bb
 Zimbabwe
                                                  C
Who is smiling to know that his message did not fade 
away

          Bb                         F
And now we'€™re trying to cross the world
           C                  Dm
We were trying to cross the world
          Bb                   F                   C
We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found

Bb              F
We'€™re trying (ooh)
C              Dm
We'€™re trying (ooh)
Bb              F         C
We'€™re trying (ooh)

Bb              F
We'€™re trying (ooh)
C              Dm
We'€™re trying (ooh)
Bb              F         C
We'€™re trying (ooh)

           Bb                 F
We were trying to cross the world
           C                   Dm
We were trying to cross the world
           Bb                  F                   C
We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found