Intro: | C G | C | C | | C | C | G | C | | F | C | G | C | C F "Don't you let the lessons stop, time ain't just hands on a clock" C G That's what I'm gonna tell Pop when I leave C F A vision on the lonely road, it's something that i gotta know: C G C If i can drive this car all on my own C F I guess i'll leave my girl behind, I should have done that long ago C G Sometime I'm sure the pain will go away C F It wasn't working anyhow, the burners on the stove burnt out C G C A shame I didn't figure it out before Am C F C Girls, gather round and let that long hair down Am F G Sing along with me before I go Am C F C Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the F G C Things that we ain't never gonna know C F I met a man in San Francisco, he told me he did the same thing C G Fifty years ago, he left his girl behind C F He sits there in the park one hand is strumming his guitar C G C Songs he found inside a bottle of wine C F I saw the same things on his face, the ones that made me race away from C G everything i'd ever really known C F the scare to take responsibility from here –and put her there– C G C Where everyone can see the seeds you've sown Am C F C Girls, gather round and let that long hair down Am F G Sing along with me before I go Am C F C Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the F G C Things that we ain't never gonna know | C | F | C | G| | C | F | C | G C | Am C F C Girls, gather round and let that long hair down Am F G Sing along with me before I go Am C F C Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the F G C Things that we ain't never gonna know C You know my line Joe? C F If you think about the Creature that you might have thought would teach you C G That our hearts are just the thing right from the start C F It would keep us from the worries, safe from sound and safe from fury, C G C Safe at home besides the ones we know we loved C F If you told me from the start that I could never be apart from her, C G I'd tell you, "go to hell, get out of my way" C F But i've come back with my tail between my legs I didn't know the way C G C A man can't be a man all on his own Am C F C Girls, gather round and let that long hair down Am F G Sing along with me before I go Am C F C Let us have a drink and by god, don't let us think about the F G C Things that we ain't never gonna know Am C F C The sun is going down on this lonesome town Am F G But I got you here to keep my company Am C F C You ever had the feeling that we're living for a reason? F G C For that reason I won't ever let you go Am C F C You ever had the feeling that we're living for a reason? F G C For that reason I won't ever let you go F G C For that reason I won't ever let you go F G Am For that reason I won't ever let you go C F G C For that reason I won't ever let you go
