Chords for Car Wreck
Tempo:
93.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
A
C#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [E]
He grew [F#] up in a one-horse town
since all them [E] bars had [B] closed down
stare up to the stars sometimes [F#] when no one was around
[B] And he'd dream of getting out
So [A] he bought himself a pickup [B] truck that was covered up in rust
for the shotgun seat that was someone he could trust
[E] they hit the gas
He grew [F#] up in a one-horse town
since all them [E] bars had [B] closed down
stare up to the stars sometimes [F#] when no one was around
[B] And he'd dream of getting out
So [A] he bought himself a pickup [B] truck that was covered up in rust
for the shotgun seat that was someone he could trust
[E] they hit the gas
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B
E
A
C#m
F#
B
E
A
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ He grew [F#] up in a one-horse town
_ [B] _ Wasn't much to do since all them [E] bars had [B] closed down
[E] He'd stare up to the stars sometimes [F#] when no one was around
_ [B] _ And he'd dream of getting out
_ _ So [A] he bought himself a pickup [B] truck that was covered up in rust
He found a [A] buddy for the shotgun seat that was someone he could trust
And [E] they hit the gas
And it [F#] west out to the setting sun
_ [A] When the dust had [B] cleared they [E] were gone
_ _ [A] Well, leaving just came natural.
[B] That's the way it seemed to him
[A] He'd been doing it so long.
That's [B] the way
It always been and you [E] can find him in [B] some hotel room with [C#m] the television on
[E] _ He might [B] be high
[C#m] And he'll probably ramble on
[E] You can laugh beneath [B] the resting [C#m] lights and drink until the dawn
But in [A] the morning
_ _ _ [B] In the morning when you wake up, [E] he'll be gone _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
So _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ he met a girl [F#] in a town along the way
[B] She had beautiful brown eyes and [E] a place that he [B] could stay
_ [E]
So he fell in love [F#] and she fell in love in kind
_ [B] _ It was so perfect [E] that of course he lost his [B] mind
[A] He snuck out of the kitchen [B] one day before the dawn
_ [A]
She called out after him [B] and ran across the lawn
And he [E] said some things that he didn't mean [F#] that he best be traveling on
_ [A] She shed [B] some tears and [E] he was gone
_ _ _ [A] Well, leaving just came natural.
[B] That's the way it seemed to him
He'd [A] been doing it so long.
[B] That's the way he'd always been and you [E] can find him in [B] some hotel room [C#m] with the television on
_ [E]
He might [B] be high [C#m] and he'll probably ramble on
[E] You can laugh [B] beneath the resting lights [C#m] and drink until the dawn
But [A] in the morning _ _
[B] In the morning when you wake up, he'll be [E]
gone
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_ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
18 years later
[F#] 1500 miles from home
_ [B] He can't shake her from his mind [E] though the whiskey soaks his bone
_ He heads out on the back road in [F#] the middle of the night
_ [B]
Head out to the meadow, you [E] know, he timed that curve [B] just right
Well [A] some bridges you cross over but the [B] rest you've got to burn
_ [A] He may have lost the road, but [B] I know he made his turn and as [E] we pulled him from the wreckage
[F#] I promised him a song
_ [A] As [B] it was clear that he [E] was gone
_ _ _ [A] Well, leaving just came natural.
[B] That's the way it seemed to him
[A] He'd been doing it so long.
[B] That's the way he'd always been and you [E] can find him in [B] some
hotel [C#m] room with the television on
[E] _ He might [B] be high
[C#m] And he'll probably ramble on
[E] You can laugh beneath [B] the resting lights [C#m] and drink until the dawn
But [A] in the morning
_ _ [B] In the morning when you wake up, he'll be [E] gone
_ [B] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] in the morning
_ [A] _ _ [B] In the morning when you wake up, he'll [E] be gone _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ He grew [F#] up in a one-horse town
_ [B] _ Wasn't much to do since all them [E] bars had [B] closed down
[E] He'd stare up to the stars sometimes [F#] when no one was around
_ [B] _ And he'd dream of getting out
_ _ So [A] he bought himself a pickup [B] truck that was covered up in rust
He found a [A] buddy for the shotgun seat that was someone he could trust
And [E] they hit the gas
And it [F#] west out to the setting sun
_ [A] When the dust had [B] cleared they [E] were gone
_ _ [A] Well, leaving just came natural.
[B] That's the way it seemed to him
[A] He'd been doing it so long.
That's [B] the way
It always been and you [E] can find him in [B] some hotel room with [C#m] the television on
[E] _ He might [B] be high
[C#m] And he'll probably ramble on
[E] You can laugh beneath [B] the resting [C#m] lights and drink until the dawn
But in [A] the morning
_ _ _ [B] In the morning when you wake up, [E] he'll be gone _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
So _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ he met a girl [F#] in a town along the way
[B] She had beautiful brown eyes and [E] a place that he [B] could stay
_ [E]
So he fell in love [F#] and she fell in love in kind
_ [B] _ It was so perfect [E] that of course he lost his [B] mind
[A] He snuck out of the kitchen [B] one day before the dawn
_ [A]
She called out after him [B] and ran across the lawn
And he [E] said some things that he didn't mean [F#] that he best be traveling on
_ [A] She shed [B] some tears and [E] he was gone
_ _ _ [A] Well, leaving just came natural.
[B] That's the way it seemed to him
He'd [A] been doing it so long.
[B] That's the way he'd always been and you [E] can find him in [B] some hotel room [C#m] with the television on
_ [E]
He might [B] be high [C#m] and he'll probably ramble on
[E] You can laugh [B] beneath the resting lights [C#m] and drink until the dawn
But [A] in the morning _ _
[B] In the morning when you wake up, he'll be [E]
gone
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
18 years later
[F#] 1500 miles from home
_ [B] He can't shake her from his mind [E] though the whiskey soaks his bone
_ He heads out on the back road in [F#] the middle of the night
_ [B]
Head out to the meadow, you [E] know, he timed that curve [B] just right
Well [A] some bridges you cross over but the [B] rest you've got to burn
_ [A] He may have lost the road, but [B] I know he made his turn and as [E] we pulled him from the wreckage
[F#] I promised him a song
_ [A] As [B] it was clear that he [E] was gone
_ _ _ [A] Well, leaving just came natural.
[B] That's the way it seemed to him
[A] He'd been doing it so long.
[B] That's the way he'd always been and you [E] can find him in [B] some
hotel [C#m] room with the television on
[E] _ He might [B] be high
[C#m] And he'll probably ramble on
[E] You can laugh beneath [B] the resting lights [C#m] and drink until the dawn
But [A] in the morning
_ _ [B] In the morning when you wake up, he'll be [E] gone
_ [B] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] in the morning
_ [A] _ _ [B] In the morning when you wake up, he'll [E] be gone _ _ _ _
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