E5 A5 When I was a boy Verse One: E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 B5 Four houses down from me was a family with an only child E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 B5 A5 She was the only girl in this whole world that could make me smile B5 A5 B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 Down the road, I made up reasons to go down the road Verse Two: E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 B5 Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 B5 A5 And I asked her to marry me and she said she really wanted to B5 A5 B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 B5 Down the road, and see what life's gonna hold, down the road Chorus: C#5 G#5 A5 E5 B5 Her mama wants to know am I washed in the blood or just in the water C#5 G#5 A5 E5 B5 A5 Her daddy wants to know if I make enough to take his daughter B5 A5 B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 Down the road, before he can let her go down the road Inst. E5 A5 B5 A5 B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 Verse Three: E5 B5 E5 A5 E5 B5 Now down the street from here, there's an engineer with an only son E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 B5 A5 B5 And our baby girl says she believes that he is the only one, down the road Chorus: C#5 G#5 A5 E5 B5 Her mama wants to know is he washed in the blood or just in the water C#5 G#5 A5 E5 B5 A5 And I want to know that he makes enough to take my daughter B5 A5 B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 A5 Down the road, when it comes time to go down the road B5 A5 B5 E5 A5 B5 E5 Down the road, you know I want to help her go down the road