Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are Chords by Meat Loaf

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the sky is what you and [Gm] the fields were green.
[Am] The sun was brighter [Bb] than it's ever been.
[Dm] When I grew up with my best [Am] friend Kenny,
we were close as [Bb] any brothers that you ever _
[C] knew.
_ _ [F] It was always summer [D] and the future called.
We [Am] were ready for adventures and [Bb] we wanted them all.
[Dm] There was so much left [Am] to dream and so much [Bb] time to _ [C] make it _ real.
[Am] But [Dm] I can still _ recall the [Am] sting of all the [Bb] _
tears when he [C] was gone.
They said [Dm] it crashed and burned.
I [Am] know I'll never learn [Bb] why any boy should die.
_ [C] _ _ _ We [Gm] were racing, we were soldiers of [C] fortune.
We [Dm] got in trouble but we sure got [Bb] around.
_ _ [Gm] There are times I think I see him peeling [C] out of the dock.
[F] I think [Dm] he's right _ behind [Am] me now and he's [Bb] gaining _ ground. _ _ _ _ _
_ But [Am] it was long ago and [Dm] it was far away.
Oh [Bb] God it seemed so very [C] far. _ _
[Am] And if life is just a [Dm]
highway, _ _ [Bb] then the soul is just [C] a car. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] And objects in the [G] rearview mirror, they [Am] appear [Bb] closer than [F] they are.
_ And objects in the _ [G]
rearview mirror, they [Am] appear closer [Bb]
than they [F] are.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ When _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [F] the sun descended [Gm] and the night arose,
[Am] I heard my father cursing [Bb] everyone he [Dm] knows.
He was dangerous and drunk and [Am] defeated and corroded [Bb] by failure.
And envy and [C] hate.
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There were endless winters and [Gm] the dreams would [A] freeze.
_ [Am] _ Nowhere to hide and [Bb] no leaves on the trees.
[Dm] And my father's eyes [Am] were blank as he hit [Bb] me again and again and [C] again. _
_ [Am] I know I [Dm] still believe he [Am] never let me leave.
I had [Bb] to run _ away [C] alone.
_ So [Dm] many threats and things, so [Am] many wasted years.
[Bb] Before my life became [C] clear, _
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should be [C] older _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] intact. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ But it [Am] was long ago and [Dm] it was far away.
[Bb] Oh God it seemed so very [C]
far.
_ _ [Am] And if life is just [Dm] a highway, _ [Bb] then the soul is just [C] a car. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] And objects in the [Gm] rearview mirror, [Am] they appear closer [Bb] than _ [F] they are.
_ _ And objects in the rearview [Gm] _ mirror, [Am] they appear closer [Bb] than [F] they are. _ _
And objects in the [Gm] rearview mirror, they [F] appear closer [Bb] than they [F] _ _ are.
And I'll fix in the [G] rearview mirror, be up [Am] here [Bb] closer [F] than a figure
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] was a beauty living on [G] the edge [D] of town
[Am] She always put the top up [Bb] and the hammer down
[Dm] And she taught me everything [Am] I'll ever know
[Bb] About the mystery and the muscle [C] of love _
[F] The stars would glimmer [Dm] and the moon would glow
I'm in [Am] the backseat with my Julie [Bb] like a Romeo
_ [Dm] And the signs [Am] along the highway _ all said,
[Bb] Caution, _ kids at [C] play
_ [Am] Those [Dm] were the rites of spring and [Am] we did everything
There [Bb] was salvation _ [F] [C] every night
[Am] We got [Dm] our dreams reborn and [Am] our upholstery torn
But [Bb] everything we tried [C] was right
_ She [Gm] used my body just like [C] a bandage
She [Dm] used my body just [Bb] like a wound
I'll [Gm] probably never know how [C] she disappeared
[D] But I can see her rising up [C] out of the backseat now
[Bb] Just like an angel rising up from the tomb _ _ _ _
But _ [Am] it was long ago and it [Dm] was far away
Oh [Bb] God, it seemed so very [C] far _ _
[Am] And if life is just a [Dm]
highway
_ Then [Bb] the soul is just [C] a car _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] And objects in the [G] rearview mirror
They [Am] appear [F] [Bb] closer than [F] they _ are
_ And objects in the [Gm] rearview [Dm] mirror
They appear closer [Bb]
than [F] they _ are
_ And objects in the [Gm] rearview mirror
They appear [Am] _ closer [Bb] than [F] they _ are
_ And objects in the [Gm] rearview mirror
[F] They appear closer [Bb] than [F] they _ are _
_ Objects in the [G] rearview mirror may [F] appear closer [Bb] than [F] they
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