[Intro]
F#m E A
[Verse 1]
A E A
From the corners of the country, from the cities and the farms
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With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms.
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They walk away from everything just to see a dream come true.
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God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue.
[Verse 2]
A E A
With a million dollar spirit and an old flattop guitar,
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they drive to town with all they own in a hundred dollar car.
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‘Cause one time someone told them ‘bout a friend of a friend they
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knew. Who owns, you know, a stud - io on 16th Avenue.
[Verse 3]
A E A
Now some were born to money they’ve never had to just “Survive”.
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And others swing a 9 pound hammer just to stay alive. There’s
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cowboys, drunks, and Christians mostly white and black and blue.
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They’ve all dialed the phone collect to home from 16th Avenue.
[Verse 4]
A E A
But then one night in some empty room where no curtains ever hung.
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Like a miracle some golden words rolled off of someone’s tongue.
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And after years of being nothing they’re all looking back at you.
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And for a while they’ll go in style on 16th Avenue.
[Verse 5]
A E A F#m
It looked so uneventful, so quiet and discreet. But a lot
D A E
of lives where changed down on that little one way street.
F#m D A D
‘Cause they walk away from everything just to see a dream come true.
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So God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue.
[Verse 6]
A E A
From the corners of the country, from the cities and the farms
F#m D A E
With years and years of living tucked up underneath their arms.
F#m D A D
They walk away from everything just to see a dream come true.
A C#m F#m A D E A
God bless the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue.
