[Intro]
F G Am Em
F G C Em
[Optional Riff]
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[Verse 1]
Dm G
I think about that day I left him at a Greyhound station
C A
West of Sante Fe, we were seventeen
Dm G C
but he was sweet and it was true, still I did what I had to do
Am
'Cuz I just knew
Dm G
Summer Sunday nights we'd sink into our seats
C
Right as they dimmed out all the lights
A Dm
The Technicolor world made out of music and machine
G C
It called me to be on that screen
Am
And live inside each scene
[Pre-Chorus]
F
Without a nickel to my name
G
Hopped a bus, here I came
Am
Could be brave or just insane
Em
We'll have to see
F
'Cuz maybe in that sleepy town
G
He'll sit one day, the lights are down
C E
He'll see my face and think of how he used to know me
[Chorus]
F G Am
Climb these hills I'm reaching for the heights
Dm G C
And chasing all the lights that shine
Am G
And when they let you down (it's another day of sun)
Am G
You'll get up off the ground (it's another day of sun)
Am G C E
As morning rolls around and it's another day of sun
(verse 2)
Dm G C
I hear 'em ev'ry day, the rhythms in the canyons that'll never fade away
A Dm
The ballads in the barrooms left by those who came before
G C
They say "you gotta want it more"
Am
So I bang on ev'ry door
[Pre-chorus]
F
And even when the answer's "no"
G
Or when my money's running low
Am
The dusty mic and neon glow
Em
Are all I need
F
And someday as I sing my song
G
A small-town kid'll come along
C E
That'll be the thing to push him on and go go
[Chorus]
F G Am
Climb these hills I'm reaching for the heights
Dm G C
And chasing all the lights that shine
Am G
And when they let you down (it's another day of sun)
Am G
You'll get up off the ground (it's another day of sun)
Am G C E
As morning rolls around and it's another day of sun
[Instrumental Break]
Dm G C
And when they let you down
A Dm G
The morning rolls around
