Key: C
Introduction:
C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
F-
Intro
C G Am F
verse 1
C
Broke down busted
G
Hot wired dusty
Am
I stole my car
Am
from the city lot
F
Cause last night's
F
buzz is all I got
C
Now I'm rolling wide
G
eyed I'm never stuck
G
on the sidelines
Am
Ask me why I gotta
F
leave this town again
Refrain 1
G
I'll do what it
G
takes to stay alive
Am
Forget the rules
Am
they don't apply
F
I'd lose my mind
F
at your 9 to 5
G
Cause it's not
G
my kind of life
Chorus 1
C
I just wanna know why
G
Why I gotta be quiet
Am
I don't wanna just sit
Am
down and shut my mouth
F
All these things
F
I could do without
C
I want a new life
G
I just wanna drive all
Am
night Wake up in the sunrise
F
and love myself again again again
Post Chorus
C G Am F
verse 2
C
We're living on nothing
G
Reaching for something
Am
Cheap t-shirts old blue
F
jeans Big black boots
F
and too much caffeine
C
Yeah I'm a smart ass
C
I'm uptight I never
G
back down from a fistfight
Am
Might be why I gotta
F
leave this town again!
Refrain 2
G
Yeah I'll do what it
G
takes to stay alive
Am
Forget the rules
Am
they don't apply
F
I'd lose my mind
F
at your 9 to 5
G
Cause it's not
G
my kind of life
Chorus 2
C
I just wanna know why
G
Why I gotta be quiet
Am
I don't wanna just sit
Am
down and shut my mouth
F
All these things
F
I could do without
C
I want a new life
G
I just wanna drive all
Am
night Wake up in the sunrise
F
and love myself again again again
Bridge
C
And who are they to call me crazy
C
You see what you wanna see
G
You know they're never gonna change me
G
Cause I'll be who I wanna be
Am
We gotta live the way we wanna
Am
Cause nobody ever oughta
F
just waste away waste away
C
And what's wrong with being happy
C
You know you'd love it if you tried
G
I know that everybody can be
G
If only for a little while
Am
We're gonna make it to the end
Am
Ya gotta chase it till ya win
F
I wanna feel free I wanna be free
Chorus 3
C
I wanna new life
G
I wanna drive all night
Am
I wanna wake up in the sunrise
F
and love myself again
Chorus 4
C
I just wanna know why
G
Why I gotta be quiet
Am
I don't wanna just sit
Am
down and shut my mouth
F
All this shit
F
I could do without
C
I wanna new life
G
I just wanna drive all night
Am
Wake up in the sunrise
Am
and love myself
F
love myself
F
love myself
C G Am F
again!
C G Am F C
again