Tone: [C]
Capo: 3
Intro
[C] [C] [Am] [G] [C]
Verse 1
[C]Everyone seems a damn genius lately
[C]TikTok talking, late-night TV
There's [Am]still so much [G]I have yet to k[C]know
We [C]get dressed up just to go downtown
In some [C]ego-filled, late night crowd
It [Am]seems to be where I f[G]feel the most a[C]alone
I'd like to [C]get lost on some old back road
[C]Find a shade tree and a honey hole
And [Am]talk to my g[G]grandpa ag[C]again
Verse 2
And [C]I see God in everything
[C]Trees and pain and nights in spring
So [Am]why do I s[G]still long for a home?[C]home?
I'd like to [C]lay in a field on a cozy blanket
And [C]feel the fear of never waking
To k[Am]now the true w[G]armth of the s[C]un
I'd like to [C]love my lady long and hard
And [C]lay down lines of laymen guitar
And [Am]never leave her [G]loving arm[C]arms again
Verse 3
My [C]exes hate me and my friends all miss me
I w[C]wanna drown in rot gut whiskey
[Am]Leave this small t[G]town for a wh[C]while
[C]Head to Paris on a late-night flight
[C]Find a bar and get in a fight
[Am]Write a few poems on a s[G]sunny balco[C]balcony
I [C]wanna be a child climbing trees somewhere
[C]Breathing in the fresh, outside air
Bef[Am]ore I knew this l[G]ife was unk[C]ind
I wanna [C]well-trained dog on a couple of acres
A [C]kind, kind lady and a place to take her
A [Am]few good friends I can [G]count on one of my[C]my hands
Verse 4
I [C]know I'm bound to die one day
So [C]when I reach those golden gates
I [Am]pray to say I [G]did the best I[C]I can
[C]Sit with my mother and the dearly departed
[C]Send a prayer down to the broken-hearted
[Am]Let 'em know it [G]all turns out just[C]just fine
To [C]know me is to love me and to hate me is to wrong me
[C]I prefer my nights so lonely
I love [Am]blues guitar, [G]muscle cars and [C]gin
Pre-Chorus
I'm a [C]simple man, I don't need much
Just my [C]simple songs and some human touch
I'm [Am]tired now so I'm [G]bringing my ass[C]ass home
Chorus
So let me [F]go
Down the l[Am]line
Let me feel it a[G]all
Joy, pain and[F]and sky
So let me [F]go
Down the l[Am]line
We all [G]burn, burn, burn then [F]die
Chorus
Let me [F]go
Down the l[Am]line
I wanna feel it a[G]all
Joy, pain and[F]and sky
Let me [F]go
Down the l[Am]line
We all [G]burn, burn, burn then[F]then die
Chorus
Let me [F]go
Down the l[Am]line
I wanna feel it a[G]all
Joy, pain and[F]and sky
Let me [F]go
Down the l[Am]line
We all [G]burn, burn, burn th[F]then die