[Intro]
C - G - D - Em - C - G - D x2
[Verse 1]
C G D Em
If my life road on a ship I’d chase down some hurricanes
C G D
we’d have stories once those howling winds had passed
C G D Em
And if I’d wanted my whole life to be laid out in black and white
C G D
I’d have turned my weathered sails sometime ago
C G D Em
But I stayed steady on that stream(?), river rocks, and gasoline
C G D
Bumping curbs on every turn we would make
C G D Em
The friends we’d made and lovers past, bail bond loans and Sunday mass
C G D
They have opened up a newer life to me
[Chorus 1]
C G D Em
Well what a shame a cryin’ shame 9 to 5 it’s all the same
C G D
But you won’t take those wasted hours to your grave
C G D Em
And O good God don’t rest my soul and let my sails fall to a fold
C G D
I’m still running in a race and wishing on a falling star
INTERLUDE C - G - D - Em - C - G - D
[Verse 2]
C G D Em
And how much money meets your desire and how much heat can you take before you feel the fire
C G D
I don’t think it’s worth the pain but who am I to say
C G D Em
Because I feel like every other day I sing another sad song about living free
C G D
I lose another little piece of the puzzle that got me here
C G D Em
Another roadhouse fight cast down by sin(?), another blowout 10 miles from town again
C G D
Another sold out night that makes it worth the fight for the life I wanna live
C G D Em
If I loved and ? ? ? sing loud till they turn out your very last light
C G D
When your gone what do you have but the song you sang
C G D Em
And there ain’t no one who can hold me back, I can’t change my ways once I’ve felt like that
C G D
Find love(?) and a life worth remembering
[Chorus 2]
C G D Em
What a shame a cryin’ shame 9 to 5 it’s all the same
C G D
But you won’t take those wasted hours to your grave
C G D Em
And as I watch my hour glass grains of sand are like days of past
C G D
Brace the storm this is your love, your life, your task
[Solo]
C - G - D - Em - C - G - D x2
[Chorus 3]
C G D Em
And as I watch my hour glass grains of sand are like days of past
C G D
Brace the storm this is your love, your life, your task
