F      Gsus2      Am      Bb    Dm7    Am/E       

F/Bb    C

     F                        Gsus2                 Am 
The skies were pure and the fields were green  The sun 
                        Bb
was brighter than it's ever been
            Dm7                    Am/E             
When I grew up with my best friend Kenny    We were 
                Bbmaj7               C
close as any brothers than you ever knew
         F                        Gsus2             
It was always summer and the future called  We were 
    Am                         Bb
ready for adventures and we wanted them
                 Dm7             Am/E           Bbmaj7 
all There was so much left to dream And so much time to
           C
 make it real.

           Dm                 Am7/E                 Bb 
But I can still recall the sting of all       The tears
              C
 when he was gone
               Dm                                  Am  
They said he crashed and burned      I know I'll never 
              Bb                  C
learn why any boy should die so young
           Gm7                           C             
 We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune        We 
        Dm                     Bb
got in trouble but we sure got around
             Gm7                           C         
There are times I think I see him peeling out of the 
                     Dm              Dm/C
dark   I think he's right behind me now and
               Bb
he's gaining ground
            Am7                 Dm                     
But it was long ago and it was far away         God it 
  Bb           C
seems so very far
        Am7              Dm                   Bb       
And if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just 
        C      C7
a car
      F                        Gsus2             F/A  
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
 Bb        F
than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A   
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
          F
than they are
      F                        Gsus2             F/A  
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
 Bb        F
than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A   
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
          F
than they are
Gm F/A  Csus  F   Dm Bb C7
        They are
     F                     Gsus2                    Am 
And when the sun descended and the night arose  I heard
                        Bb
 my father cursing everyone he knows

            Dm7                    Am/E                
He was dangerous and drunk and defeated   And corroded 
    Bbmaj7               C
by failure and envy and hate
         F                        Gsus2                
There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze 
  Am                      Bb
 Nowhere to hide and no leaves on the trees
          Dm7             Am/E                  Bbmaj7 
And my father's eyes were blank as he hit me again and 
           C
again and again

          Dm                       Am7/E              
I know I still believe he'd never let me leave, I had 
   Bb         C
to run away alone
           Dm                         Am               
So many threats and fears, so many wasted years, before
      Bb            C
 my life became my own
                  Gm7                  C               
 And though the nightmares should be over       Some of
      Dm                  Bb
 the terrors are still intact
             Gm7                C                     
I hear that ugly coarse and violent voice and then he 
  Dm            Dm/C
grabs me from behind and then he
           Bb
pulls me back
            Am7                 Dm                     
But it was long ago and it was far away         God it 
  Bb           C
seems so very far
        Am7              Dm                   Bb       
And if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just 
        C      C7
a car
      F                        Gsus2             F/A  
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
 Bb        F
than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A   
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
          F
than they are
      F                        Gsus2             F/A  
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
 Bb        F
than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A   
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
          F
than they are
Gm F/A  Csus  F   Dm Bb C7
        They are

Gm7 C Dm Bb
Gm7 C Dm Dm/C
Bbmaj7 Dm/C Dm Dm/C
Bbmaj7 Bb/C F Gsus2
Am Bb Dm7 Am/F
Bb C

              F                     Gsus2             
There was a beauty living on the edge of town and she 
   Am                         Bb
always put the top up and the hammer down
            Dm7                    Am/E               
And she taught me everything I'll ever know about the 
     Bbmaj7               C
mystery and the muscle of love
         F                        Gsus2                
The stare would glimmer and the moon would glow, I'm in
        Am                        Bb
 the back seat with my Julie like Romeo
          Dm7             Am/E             Bbmaj7      
And the signs along the highway all said "Caution! Kids
      C
 At Play!"
                 Dm                          Am7/E     
Those were the rights of spring and we did everything, 
              Bb             C
there was salvation every night
           Dm                       Am               
We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn but 
       Bb                C
everything we tried was right
             Gm7                  C                    
She used my body just like a bandage       She used my 
 Dm                Bb
body just like a wound
             Gm7                C                    
I'll probably never know where she disappeared but I 
     Dm                          Dm/C
can see her rising up out of the back seat now
                Bbmaj7                      Bb
just like an angel rising up from a tomb!
            Am7                 Dm                     
But it was long ago and it was far away         Oh God 
     Bb           C
it seems so very far
        Am7              Dm                   Bb       
And if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just 
        C      C7
a car
      F                        Gsus2             F/A  
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
 Bb        F
than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A   
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
          F
than they are
      F                        Gsus2             F/A  
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
 Bb        F
than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A   
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer 
          F
than they are
              Gm7                C
She used her body just like a bandage
             Dm7               Bb
She used my body just like a wound
       Gm7                    C                  Dm    
I'll never know where she disappeared but I can see her
                       Am/C
 rising up out of the back seat now.