Capo 1 




Intro: 

C, F, C, G 2X 





1ST verse: 


     C                  F 
My Mama mapped out the road that she knows  

   C                         G 
Which hands you shake and which hands you hold  
  
       C                     F 
In my hand-me-down Mercury, ready to roll  


 C                      G 
She knew that I had to go 

     c    F    C            G 
and hangout, make lots of noise  

     C    F    C        G 
and lay out late with a boy  

 Am                          G 
Make the mistakes that she made 'cause  
   

             F          G 
she knew all along 


Chorus: 


                C      F 
I was already gone  
  
               C      G 
I was already gone 

                Am 
I was already gone 
  
 G                 C                        G 
Life is a runaway train u cant wait to jump on 


C, F, C, G 2X 


2nd Verse: 


  C                      F 
They say the first time wont ever last 
   
    C                      G 
but that didnt stop me the first time he laughed 
   
       
         C                           F 
all my friends tried to warn me the day that we met 
  
 C                          G 
girl dont u lose your heart yet 

  
         C    F     C          G 
but his dark eyes dared me with danger 
  
      C    F        C          G 
and sparks fly like flame to a paper 
  
Am                        G 
fire in his touch burning me up 
  
                F         G 
but Still I held on 


  
Chorus: 



                  C         F 
cuz I was already gone 
  
               C       G 
I was already gone 

               Am 
I was already gone 
   
 G                 C                     G 
life is a runaway train you cant wait jump on 





Bridge: 



      F                   G                C 
The last time I say him, we packed up my things 
          F                            G 
And he smiled like the first time he told me his name 
         F                    G            C 
And we cried with each other We split the blame  
           F                     F  
for the parts that we couldn't change 




 C    F     C         G 
Pictures, dished and socks 

           C     F     C         G 
It's our whole life down to one box  

  Am                   G                         F       G 
There he was waving goodbye on the front porch alone 


                    C     F 
But I was already gone 

                C       G 
I was already gone 

               Am      G 
I was already gone 

                F       G 
I was already gone 

                C 
I was already gone 





 C  F     C            G 
Hangout, make lots of noise 

     C   F   C         G 
And layout late with a boy 

 Am          G                     C          G 
Make the mistakes that she made, life is a runaway train 


    C           F       C             G 
My mama mapped out the road that she knows 

  C             F        C             G 
Which hands to shake, which hands you hold 

          Am          
In my hand-me-down Mercury 

  C          F      C                          G 
Life is a runaway train you can't wait to jump on 




C, F, C, G