Intro: C 

Verse 
C 
everybodys in this together now 
Dm 
why you wanna break your back 
C 
pushing thru the wind and the weather now 
Dm 
lay another mile of track 
F         G 
he was a friend of mine 
     C                F 
his heart was full of flames 
              G             C 
he swung that hammer like a hard 
F 
driving rain 
Dm               G 
give a familiar name 
C 
beckas going out to the dance tonight 
Dm 
why you wanna cut your tounge 
C 
try to keep it out of the disco lights 
Dm 
thinking back on when he was young 
F         G 
we never talked that much 
C         F 
he never knew her brain 
            G 
but he was helpless 
         C                  F 
when the light fell on her face 
Dm                        G 
nothing ever stays in its place 

woo hooos bridge 
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C 
wash my face in a clear cool stream 
G 
try and shake off last nights dream 
F                      G 
man its hard when you got it down into your soul 
C 
maybe my sister just got all the good luck 
G 
maybe i missed it when the lightening struck 
F                              G 
just cant keep living off rock n roll 
F                 G               C                F 
he spilled his heart till his mouth could take no more 
F           G                  C                    F 
the dust and letters scattered splinters across the floor 
F         G               C              F 
he never questions who it was he did it for 
Dm                        G 
nail it to the back of the door