Tom: G5 Intro: G5 C5 G5 Pop works in the shop til eight C5 Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate G5 D5 C5 C5 C5 C5 Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn G5 Pop slams open the front screen door C5 Just to scare mom She says, "What the hell did you do that for?" G5 D5 C5 C5 C5 C5 He washes his dirty hands in the sink G5 And things around the table are kind of rough C5 Mom says it's pa Pa says, "Times are just tough" G5 D5 C5 C5 C5 C5 Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all G5 The garage door light brightens up the night C5 Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight G5 D5 As though he could figure out that woman by working on that C5 C5 C5 C5 old car G5 He said a car can cure any problem at all C5 Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small G5 D5 But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and C5 C5 C5 C5 drive us away G5 That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life C5 He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike" G5 D5 I got my first taste of freedom C5 C5 C5 C5 beneath the light of the moon F5 G5 But if it were me F5 G5 I'd have the guts F5 G5 C5 C5 A5 I'd put to test those bolts and nuts E5 A5 And I'd Ride C5 D5 G5 Away so fast, so far G5 Put away our tools We go back inside C5 Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry G5 D5 C5 C5 C5 C5 I wonder if all girls are crazy this way G5 I wish pops would just get a spine C5 I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine G5 D5 C5 C5 C5 C5 He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son" G5 Most times are good it's just some that are lame C5 But love makes up for those times in beteween G5 D5 C5 C5 He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand C5 C5 G5 said one day I'd understand F5 G5 But if it were me F5 G5 I'd have the guts F5 G5 C5 C5 A5 I'd put to test those bolts and nuts E5 A5 And I'd Ride C5 D5 E5 Away so fast, so far A5 C5 D5 E5 Ride Away so fast so far A5 C5 D5 Ride Away (end on Em with upward strum )
