Tom: Am
Am G C
I was gonna leave this morning
Am G C Am
Just a little after 9
G C Am
Things didn’t go according to the plan
G C Am
That I laid out in my mind
G C Am
I let go of some things
G C Am
That I held dear to me
G C Am
So I could turn them into gasoline
G C
And I walked them down my street
[Chorus]
F C
So I slept in my car
G Am G
In a parking lot not far
F C G
From a place that I called home
F C
And I woke up with the dawn
G Am G F
And I turned the engine on
C G
And I kept driving along
[Verse 2]
Am G C Am
Mum and Dad moved back to England
G C Am
I guess Virginia did them wrong
G C Am
There ain’t nothing me or my sisters can say to them
G C Am
That’s gonna help them get along
G C Am
So now their house is empty
G C Am
Filled with people I don’t know
G C Am
So I drove right past the exit I used to take
G C
That used to lead me home
[Chorus]
F C
So I slept in my car
G Am G
In a parking lot not far
F C G
From a place that I called home
F C
And I woke up with the dawn
G Am G F
And I turned the engine on
C G
And I kept driving along
[Bridge]
F
So I’ll find a place where all the local drunks go
C
I’ll sit at the bar on my own
F
I’ll drink whatever they pour for me
C G
So I can get some sleep
[Solo]
F C G Am G F C G
[Chorus] (KEY CHANGE)
G D
So I slept in my car
A Bm A
In a parking lot not far
G D A
From a place that I called home
G D
And I woke up with the dawn
A Bm A G
And I turned the engine on
D A
And I kept driving along
G D A
Oh I kept driving on
D
Down the 81 South
