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