Intro

E C#m B A E


       E              B
Sunday Shoes, Cap and Gown
    C#m                 A
The whole town gathered around 
       E                 B                 C#m    A
Waited 18 years now its all comin down to this.
              E                     B 
I scanned the crowd and it fills my soul
        C#m                 A 
My best friends all here in rows 
   E                     B                 C#m   B
No turning back, Now its time to walk that line 

     A               B
This tassel is gonna turn 
             E      B/D#   C#m
But when the moment passes by 
           B
Well just walk away
            A 
Then slowly grow apart 

            E          B/E   A
But Im not gonna cry, no 
               E         B/E  A
Not one sad or happy tear 
            E            B/E   A
Ive waited my whole life 
                        E          B/E  A
Now Im gonna fly right outta here 
C#m                    D   A                    E    C#m  A
Its a bittersweet goodbye,   but Im not gonna cry 

       E               B 
Friday night, football games,
      C#m                  A 
First loves and first heartbreaks,
         E                 B 
It didnt matter who won or lost,
            C#m     A 
Only how we played, 
    E               B
Memories as good as gold,
        C#m               A 
Tearin' up those mountain roads,
E          B                C#m   B 
racin' out 53, to old georgetown, 

A                     B
sure we made a little trouble,
            E    B/D#     C#m 
but learned from every mistake, 
          B
so theres no regret,
               A
we've done the best we could 

          E          B/E   A
so im not gonna cry, no 
               E          B/E  A
not one sad or happy tear 
           E              B/E  A
ive waited my whole life 
                       E          B/E  A
now im gonna fly right outta here 
C#m                                  D     A  
these have been the best years of my life 
                E
so im not gonna cry 

F#m                        E
its been a long and winding journey
F#m                            E 
and we've lost a few along the way 
F#m                                        E
still we've hung in there through the tribulations
                F#m 
now its time to celebrate
A
its our graduation day 

                E   B/E  A
so im not gonna cry 
               E          B/E  A
not one sad or happy tear 
           E             B/E  A
ive waited my whole life 
                      E          B/E  A
so im gonna fly right outta here 
C#m                              D    B                   E
this has been the best day of my life,    so im not gonna cry 
F#m                   A                 E
its a bittersweet goodbye, im not gonna cry