Artist: Jewel Kilcher 
Taken from: Jewel Unplugged on MTV 
Transcribed by: Rok Osojnik (rok.osojnik@siol.net) 
 
 
Song is played in standard tuning 
 
Chords used: 
   G   C9   D   C  Cadd9  Cmaj7  F   Am  Em 
e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0-- 
B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0-- 
G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0-- 
D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2-- 
A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2-- 
E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0-- 
 
 
 
G5       C5 
 
G5        
   Pop works in the shop til eight 
    C5 
   Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate 
G5               D5                     C5   C5  C5  C5 
   Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn 
G5 
   Pop slams open the front screen door 
    C5 
   Just to scare mom 

   She says, "What the hell did you do that for?" 
G5               D5           C5             C5  C5  C5 
   He washes his dirty hands in the sink 
G5 
   And things around the table are kind of rough 
   C5 
   Mom says it's pa 

   Pa says, "Times are just tough" 
G5                          D5                   C5   C5  C5  C5 
   Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all 
G5 
   The garage door light brightens up the night 
      C5 
   Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight 
G5                                      D5 
   As though he could figure out that woman by working on that 
        C5   C5  C5  C5 
   old car 
G5 
   He said a car can cure any problem at all 
          C5 
   Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small 
G5                              D5 
   But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and 
     C5            C5  C5  C5 
   drive us away 
                   G5 
   That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life 
                C5 
   He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike" 
             G5                      D5 
   I got my first taste of freedom 
                             C5     C5  C5  C5 
   beneath the light of the moon 
 

F5                  G5 
   But if it were me 
F5                G5 
   I'd have the guts 
F5              G5            C5    C5       A5 
   I'd put to test   those bolts        and nuts 
           E5  A5 
   And I'd Ride 
     C5  D5              G5 
   Away   so fast, so far 
 

G5 
   Put away our tools 

   We go back inside 
    C5 
   Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry 
G5                       D5                C5      C5  C5  C5 
   I wonder if all girls are crazy this way 
G5 
   I wish pops would just get a spine 
              C5        
   I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine 
G5                          D5                 C5     C5   C5  C5 
   He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son" 
G5 
   Most times are good it's just some that are lame 
        C5 
   But love makes up for those times in beteween 
             G5                     D5            C5    C5 
   He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand 
C5            C5         G5 
   said one day I'd understand 
 

F5                  G5 
   But if it were me 
F5                G5 
   I'd have the guts 
F5              G5               C5    C5      A5 
   I'd put to test      those bolts       and nuts 
           E5   A5 
   And I'd Ride 
     C5  D5              E5 
   Away   so fast, so far 
     A5    C5  D5             E5 
   Ride  Away   so fast so far 
     A5    C5  D5 
   Ride  Away 
 
(end on Em with upward strum ) 
 
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