81 South

Am    G                        C
I was gonna leave this morning
Am     G             C       Am
Just a little after 9
G                        C                              Am
Things didn’t go according to the plan
          G                    C           Am
That I laid out in my mind
G                       C          Am
I let go of some things
   G                         C              Am
That I held dear to me
                 G                    C                 Am
So I could turn them into gasoline
        G                                   C
And I walked them down my street


[Chorus]

        F                C
So I slept in my car
       G                     Am G
In a parking lot not far
            F                C            G
From a place that I called home
       F                             C
And I woke up with the dawn
         G                             Am   G    F
And I turned the engine on
        C                  G
And I kept driving along



[Verse 2]

Am          G                              C            Am
Mum and Dad moved back to England
             G                         C                Am
I guess Virginia did them wrong
                  G                          C                                Am
There ain’t nothing me or my sisters can say to them
                      G                    C          Am
That’s gonna help them get along


     G                            C       Am
So now their house is empty
                 G                    C       Am
Filled with people I don’t know
        G                            C                           Am
So I drove right past the exit I used to take
        G                         C
That used to lead me home


[Chorus]

        F                C
So I slept in my car
       G                     Am G
In a parking lot not far
            F                C            G
From a place that I called home
       F                             C
And I woke up with the dawn
         G                             Am   G    F
And I turned the engine on
        C                   G
And I kept driving along

[Bridge]

          F
So I’ll find a place where all the local drunks go
     C
I’ll sit at the bar on my own
     F
I’ll drink whatever they pour for me
      C                     G
So I can get some sleep


[Solo]

F  C  G  Am  G  F  C  G

[Chorus] (KEY CHANGE)

        G              D
So I slept in my car
       A                   Bm A
In a parking lot not far
           G               D            A
From a place that I called home
       G                           D
And I woke up with the dawn
         A                             Bm   A    G
And I turned the engine on
        D                   A
And I kept driving along
      G      D         A
Oh I kept driving on
                     D
Down the 81 South