F (133211@1)    Gsus2 (3x0233@1)    Am (x02210@1)    BbDm7 (x1333x@1)   Am/E (x02210@1)     F/Bb (113211@1)  C (x32010@1)   F (133211@1) Gsus2 (3x0233@1)                                                 BbThe (x1333x@1)skies were pure and the fields were green  The sun was brighter than it's ever been


  Am/E (x02210@1)                           Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)               CWhen (x32010@1)I grew up with my best friend Kenny    We were close as any brothers than you ever knew

Gsus2 (3x0233@1)                                                 BbIt (x1333x@1)was always summer and the future called  We were ready for adventures and we wanted them

  Am/E (x02210@1)                           Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)               Call (x32010@1)There was so much left to dream And so much time to make it real.


Am7 (x02010@1)                                                     CBut (x32010@1)I can still recall the sting of all       The tears when he was gone

Dm (xx0231@1)                                                CThey (x32010@1)said he crashed and burned      I know I'll never learn why any boy should die so young

C (x32010@1)                                                                    Dm (xx0231@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune        We got in trouble but we sure got around

Dm (xx0231@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)                                                 Am7There (x02010@1)are times I think I see him peeling out of the dark   I think he's right behind me 
and

Che's (x32010@1)gaining ground

 Dm (xx0231@1)                                                          Bb (x1333x@1)            CBut (x32010@1)it was long ago and it was far away         God it seems so very far

Am7 (x02010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)                 Bb (x1333x@1)             C (x32010@1)    C7And (x32310@1)if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just a car

FAnd (133211@1)objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are