Intro: G0 C91 0 1 G2 2 Pop works in the shop til eight C93 3 Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate G4 D5 C6 Cadd97 C8 Cmaj79 4 Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn 5 6 G10 7 Pop slams open the front screen door C911 8 Just to scare mom 9 She says, "What the hell did you do that for?" G12 D13 C14 Cadd915 C16 Cmaj717 10 He washes his dirty hands in the sink 11 12 G18 13 And things around the table are kind of rough C919 14 Mom says it's pa 15 Pa says, "Times are just tough" G20 D21 C22 Cadd923 C24 Cmaj725 16 Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all 17 18 G26 19 The garage door light brightens up the night C927 20 Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight G28 D29 21 As though he could figure out that woman by working on that C30 Cadd931 C32 Cmaj733 22 old car 23 24 G34 25 He said a car can cure any problem at all C935 26 Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small G36 D37 27 But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and C38 Cadd939 C40 Cmaj741 28 drive us away 29 30 G42 31 That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life C943 32 He said, "a man needs a car and a boy needs a bike" G44 D45 33 I got my first taste of freedom C46 Cadd947 C48 Cmaj749 34 beneath the light of the moon 35 36 F50 G51 37 But if it were me F52 G53 38 I'd have the guts F54 G55 C56 Cmaj757 Am58 39 I'd put to test those bolts and nuts Em59 Am60 40 And I'd Ride C61 D62 G63 41 Away so fast, so far 42 43 G64 44 Put away our tools 45 We go back inside C965 46 Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry G66 D67 C68 Cadd969 C70 Cmaj771 47 I wonder if all girls are crazy this way 48 49 G72 50 I wish pops would just get a spine C973 51 I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine G74 D75 C76 Cmaj777 Cadd978 C79 52 He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son" 53 54 G80 55 Most times are good it's just some that are lame C981 56 But love makes up for those times in beteween G82 D83 C84 Cadd985 57 He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand C86 Cmaj787 G88 58 said one day I'd understand 59 60 F89 G90 61 But if it were me F91 G92 62 I'd have the guts F93 G94 C95 Cmaj796 Am97 63 I'd put to test those bolts and nuts Em98 Am99 64 And I'd Ride C100 D101 Em102 65 Away so fast, so far Am103 C104 D105 Em106 66 Ride Away so fast so far Am107 C108 D109 67 Ride Away 68 Outro: Em110