Intro: G C9

G
   Pop works in the shop til eight
    C9
   Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
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   Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn
G
   Pop slams open the front screen door
    C9
   Just to scare mom
   She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
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   He washes his dirty hands in the sink
G
   And things around the table are kind of rough
   C9
   Mom says it's pa
   Pa says, "Times are just tough"
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   Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all
G
   The garage door light brightens up the night
      C9
   Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
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   As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
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   old car
G
   He said a car can cure any problem at all
          C9
   Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small
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   But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and
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   drive us away
                   G
   That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life
                C9
   He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
             G                      D
   I got my first taste of freedom
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   beneath the light of the moon
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   But if it were me
F                G
   I'd have the guts
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   I'd put to test   those bolts        and nuts
           Em  Am
   And I'd Ride
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   Away   so fast, so far
G
   Put away our tools
   We go back inside
    C9
   Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
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   I wonder if all girls are crazy this way
G
   I wish pops would just get a spine
              C9
   I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine
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   He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son"
G
   Most times are good it's just some that are lame
        C9
   But love makes up for those times in beteween
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   He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand
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   said one day I'd understand
F                  G
   But if it were me
F                G
   I'd have the guts
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   I'd put to test      those bolts       and nuts
           Em   Am
   And I'd Ride
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   Away   so fast, so far
     Am    C  D             Em
   Ride  Away   so fast so far
     Am    C  D
   Ride  Away
(end on Em with upward strum)