Defiance, Ohio - Road signs always look better looking over your shoulder
Standard Tuning
C5 G5 D5
s/he says s/he's tired of working overtime and troubles weighing on his/her mind in class
C5 G5 D5
s/he said s/he'd like to pack his/her bags and run away, and never look back
C5 G5 D5
s/he says this life of mine's like doing time for crimes that i didn't commit
C5 G5 D5
s/he says if life is just a game, i'm on the losing team - and i just want to quit
C5 G5 D5 E5
s/he says we can take this weekend, drive out past city limits, keep on driving just as far as we can go
C5 G5 D5 D5
and maybe when we get back, things will seem a little better, things will work out in a way we couldn't know
C5 C5add2 C5 C5add2 C5
G5 F#5
C5 C5add2 C5 C5add2 C5
G5 F#5
C5 G5 D5
s/he says s/he's tired of working overtime and troubles weighing on his/her mind in class
C5 G5 D5
s/he said s/he'd like to pack his/her bags and run away, and never look back
C5 G5 D5
s/he says this life of mine's like doing time for crimes that i didn't commit
C5 G5 D5
s/he says if life is just a game, i'm on the losing team - and i just want to quit
C5 G5 D5 E5
s/he says we can take this weekend, drive out past city limits, keep on driving just as far as we can go
C5 G5 D5
and we can take this weekend, and make it last forever, deal the shackles of our lives a breaking blow
C5 G5 D5 E5
because to run away is victory, a tank of gas is freedom, and a starry night and open road is hope
C5 G5 D5
we can take my fast car, or maybe just close our eyes, and when we open them the world we want ... can be the world we know.
C5 C5add2 C5 C5add2 C5
G5 F#5
C5 C5add2 C5 C5add2 C5
G5 F#5
C5 C5add2 C5 C5add2 C5
C5 C5add2 C5 C5add2 C5
Chords:
C5 G5 D5 E5 F#5 C5add2
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G-5-------7---9-------7---
D-5---5---7---9---4---5---
A-3---5---5---7---4---3---
E-----3-----------2-------
