_
B _ _ _ _
Gb _ _ _ .
_
Abm _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Don't
B waste your life behind that guitar You may
Abm get gone, but you won't
E get far.
Ab _ .
You're
B not the first and won't be the last _
E And you can tell us all about it.
When you come crawling back that will
Abm roll your own.
Just winds and
B winds, you're
E spinning your wheels, _ wasting your time _ .
But when
B the lights come up and I hear the band.
E And where they said I'd never be is exactly where I am.
Abm I hear the crowd, _
Gb I look around, and I can't find an
E empty chair.
Not
B bad for a girl going away.
I _ _
Gb _ _ .
get
B these calls
E out
B on the road, I heard
E your song on my radio.
We
B always said
E you'd make it
B big.
And I tell all
E my friends I knew you back when _ .
I said
Abm don't forget all us little
Gb folks.
And when you
E crash and burn, remember we told you so.
And
B when the lights come
E up
B and I hear the band.
E And where they said I'd never be is exactly where I am.
I hear the
Abm crowd, _
Gb I look around, and I can't find
E an empty chair.
Not bad for a girl
B going away.
I _
Gb _ _ _ .
_
Abm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
B _ _ _ _ _
Gb _ _
Abm _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
need to thank my
Gb daddy
E for that first set of strings.
B And all those folks who swore
Gb I'd never be anything.
Abm It took a whole lot of yes
Gb I wills and I
E don't care _ .
A
Abm whole lot of basement
Gb dives
E and county fairs.
To
Abm this show right now and
Gb y'all sure
E look good out there _ .
_ _ _ _ Not bad
B for a girl going
Abm away.
Not _
E bad for a girl going
B away _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .