**Capo 4** 
INTRO: F#5  E5   D5 2x 
 

VERSE 1: 
A5                      D5 
I found a book that my mama kept 
A5                       D5 
Filled with secrets she hid 
A5         E5         F#5       E5         D5     E5 
And in a dusty old attic, one mornin' I read 
A5               D5 
About a woman I never met 
F#5     E5                D5 
Who had dreams just like mine 
                  E5                      D5     E5 
With every page I turned, the words came alive 
 
Chorus: 
             A5                       D5 
Wish I could roll out of town like a runaway train 
     F#5     E5              D5 
I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane  
            A5         E5             F#5       A5           D5     E5 
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance 
                  F#5 E5  D5   F#5  E5  D5 
If I just had the chance 
 
VERSE 2: 
A5                   D5 
A tear fell on that faded page 
A5                      D5 
Cause this was somebody else 
A5       E5      F#5            A5          D5       E5 
Not the Mama I knew who never thought of herself 
A5                        D5 
But the times, they were different then 
F#5       E5               D5 
And lines just didn't get crossed 
                         A5                       D5     E5 
And these words that she wrote, they somehow got lost 
 
Chorus: 
             A5                       D5 
Wish I could roll out of town like a runaway train 
     F#5     E5              D5 
I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane  
            A5         E5            F#5        A5           D5     E5 
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance 
                  F#5  E5   D5   F#5  E5   D5   G5   D5  C5  E5 
If I just had the chance 
 
VERSE 3: 
A5                   D5 
The chance that she never had 
A5                       D5 
Is now the gift that is mine 
A5       E5            F#5              A5           D5    E5 
And out here on this road, I'm makin' up for lost time 
A5             D5 
Yeah, I am my mother's child 
F#5   E5             D5 
And tonight in this car 
                      A5                             D5     E5 
I got her words in my suitcase and her dreams in my heart 
 
Chorus: 
     A5                       D5 
As I roll out of town like a runaway train 
     F#5     E5              D5 
I'll do as I dare, let them call me insane  
            A5         E5             F#5       A5           D5     E5 
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance 
                       F#5 E5  D5   
While I still have the chance 
            A5         E5             F#5       A5           D5     E5 
I'll never sit on the sidelines of life, I'll dance every dance 
                              F#5  E5   D5 
While I still have the chance