F      Gsus2      Am      Bb    Dm7    Am/E       F/Bb    C

     F                        Gsus2                 Am                         Bb
The skies were pure and the fields were green  The sun was brighter than it's ever been
            Dm7                    Am/E                             Bbmaj7               C
When I grew up with my best friend Kenny    We were close as any brothers than you ever knew
         F                        Gsus2                 Am                         Bb
It was always summer and the future called  We were ready for adventures and we wanted them
                 Dm7             Am/E           Bbmaj7            C
all There was so much left to dream And so much time to make it real.

           Dm                 Am7/E                 Bb               C
But I can still recall the sting of all       The tears when he was gone
               Dm                                  Am                Bb                  C
They said he crashed and burned      I know I'll never learn why any boy should die so young
           Gm7                           C                     Dm                     Bb
 We were racing, we were soldiers of fortune        We got in trouble but we sure got around
             Gm7                           C                              Dm              Dm/C
There are times I think I see him peeling out of the dark   I think he's right behind me now and
               Bb
he's gaining ground
            Am7                 Dm                       Bb           C
But it was long ago and it was far away         God it seems so very far
        Am7              Dm                   Bb               C      C7
And if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just a car
      F                        Gsus2             F/A   Bb        F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A             F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
      F                        Gsus2             F/A   Bb        F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A             F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
Gm F/A  Csus  F   Dm Bb C7
        They are
     F                     Gsus2                    Am                         Bb
And when the sun descended and the night arose  I heard my father cursing everyone he knows

            Dm7                    Am/E                    Bbmaj7               C
He was dangerous and drunk and defeated   And corroded by failure and envy and hate
         F                        Gsus2                  Am                      Bb
There were endless winters and the dreams would freeze  Nowhere to hide and no leaves on the trees
          Dm7             Am/E                  Bbmaj7            C
And my father's eyes were blank as he hit me again and again and again

          Dm                       Am7/E                 Bb         C
I know I still believe he'd never let me leave, I had to run away alone
           Dm                         Am                     Bb            C
So many threats and fears, so many wasted years, before my life became my own
                  Gm7                  C                     Dm                  Bb
 And though the nightmares should be over       Some of the terrors are still intact
             Gm7                C                       Dm            Dm/C
I hear that ugly coarse and violent voice and then he grabs me from behind and then he
           Bb
pulls me back
            Am7                 Dm                       Bb           C
But it was long ago and it was far away         God it seems so very far
        Am7              Dm                   Bb               C      C7
And if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just a car
      F                        Gsus2             F/A   Bb        F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A             F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
      F                        Gsus2             F/A   Bb        F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A             F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
Gm F/A  Csus  F   Dm Bb C7
        They are

Gm7 C Dm Bb
Gm7 C Dm Dm/C
Bbmaj7 Dm/C Dm Dm/C
Bbmaj7 Bb/C F Gsus2
Am Bb Dm7 Am/F
Bb C

              F                     Gsus2                Am                         Bb
There was a beauty living on the edge of town and she always put the top up and the hammer down
            Dm7                    Am/E                    Bbmaj7               C
And she taught me everything I'll ever know about the mystery and the muscle of love
         F                        Gsus2                        Am                        Bb
The stare would glimmer and the moon would glow, I'm in the back seat with my Julie like Romeo
          Dm7             Am/E             Bbmaj7            C
And the signs along the highway all said "Caution! Kids At Play!"
                 Dm                          Am7/E                   Bb             C
Those were the rights of spring and we did everything, there was salvation every night
           Dm                       Am                      Bb                C
We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn but everything we tried was right
             Gm7                  C                     Dm                Bb
She used my body just like a bandage       She used my body just like a wound
             Gm7                C                         Dm                          Dm/C
I'll probably never know where she disappeared but I can see her rising up out of the back seat now
                Bbmaj7                      Bb
just like an angel rising up from a tomb!
            Am7                 Dm                          Bb           C
But it was long ago and it was far away         Oh God it seems so very far
        Am7              Dm                   Bb               C      C7
And if life is just a highway    Then the soul is just a car
      F                        Gsus2             F/A   Bb        F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A             F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
      F                        Gsus2             F/A   Bb        F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
       F                  Gsus2                 F/A             F
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
              Gm7                C
She used her body just like a bandage
             Dm7               Bb
She used my body just like a wound
       Gm7                    C                  Dm                           Am/C
I'll never know where she disappeared but I can see her rising up out of the back seat now.