D          G               D
He was sixteen tender and tough
        G               D                     A
She was too and he'd do anything to prove his love
     G              A                Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
                G   A                     D
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
              G                 D
Hearts caught fire and love ran wild
              G                 D                      A
She cried the day she called to say she was having his child
     G              A                Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
                G   A                   
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man

[Verse]
          A                                  G    
There's a constant contradiction, what feels good and what 
      D
feels right
     G                D           A
But, you live with decisions that you make in your life
    A                           Bm     A    G  
And what steers your direction is hard to understand
                G   A                     D 
The spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
A                G
Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas
         D
Hauling cars out to the coast
              G                              D
It ain't the dream that he remembers just a few short 
       A
years ago
                  G                           D 
But, tonight at a truckstop, while drinking a cup
    G                  D
The waitress grins and winks at him
         G                 A
And says my shift's almost up

[Outro]
     G              A                Bm
with so much riding on the choice at hand
                G   A                    A
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man
     G              A                Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
                G   A                    D
the spirit of a boy, or the wisdom of a man