Intro
C G F
C F G
[Verse 1]
G F C
Five guys in a station wagon barely held together
G F C
By a long string of honky tonks tonight and till forever
G F C G
Tarp on top keeps the rain off a pile of guitars
G F C
Well, we got fourteen hours till we?re hitting? Albuquerque
G F C
Floorboards covered up with tater chips and jerky
G F C G
But the tanks full, red bull is keeping? us a buzzin? so far
F
Just when we?re thinkin? we can?t take it no more
[Chorus]
C F
When the lights go down and we hit the first chord
G
The girls start movin? cross the dance floor
C F
Well it sounds real good and feels even better
G
Rememberin? why we?re out here together
C F G
Forget we?re tired, forget the miles, look at us man, look at these smiles
Am F C G
Hey, we work 22 hours a day, for two hours of play
[Solo]
C F G F
[Verse 2]
G F C
Last night we tore it up down in Tucson, Arizona
G F C
Everybody loved us but the dang club owner
G F C G
He shorted us three hundred bucks we were fighting? mad, hell
G F C
But we found enough bills in the tip jar to get us
G F C
To the next night in Waco and barely out of Texas
G F C G
As bad as it gets, so far it ain?t gotten too bad
F
Just when we?re thinkin? we can?t take it no more
[Chorus]
C F
When the lights go down and we hit the first chord
G
The girls start movin? cross the dance floor
C F
Well it sounds real good and feels even better
G
Rememberin? why we?re out here together
C F G
Forget we?re tired, forget the miles, look at us man, look at these smiles
Am F C G
Hey, we work 22 hours a day, for two hours of play
[Solo]
C F G (x2)
[Bridge]
Am F C G
If we never make the big time, well me and my boys, will be just fine
[Chorus]
C F
When the lights go down and we hit the first chord
G
The girls start screaming? on the front row
C F
Well it sounds real good and feels even better
G
Rememberin? why we?re out here together
C F G
Forget we?re tired, forget the miles, look at us man, look at these smiles
Am F C G
Hey, we work 22 hours a day, for two hours of play
C F G
Oh, two hours of play
C F G D