Key: D
Introduction:
D A/C# Bm G2X
Verse
D D/F#
They're not really expecting me
G A Bm
But I know where they hide the key, under the welcome mat
A
There's no better place than that
D D/F#
Don't know how long I've been gone
G A Bm
All I know is it's been too long and I'm off track
A
That's why I'm coming back
D A/C#
When I see the lights of my hometown
Bm G
I feel like the world stops spinning 'round
D A/C#
Everything makes sense
G
Maybe it's the innocence
D A/C#
I know it's just a few miles down the road
Bm G
I'm getting there as fast as I can go
Em D/F#
I can always find peace of mind
G
In the lights of my hometown
D A/C# Bm G
Verse
D D/F#
The static is almost gone
G A
From the station I grew up on
Bm
I'm getting closer now
A
So I turn it up real loud
D D/F#
Funny how a little thing like that
G A
Can make it all come rushing back
Bm
They say it's not the same
A
But to me it will never change
D A/C#
When I see the lights of my hometown
Bm G
I feel like the world stops spinning 'round
D A/C#
Everything makes sense
G
Maybe it's the innocence
D A/C#
I know it's just a few miles down the road
Bm G
I'm getting there as fast as I can go
Em D/F#
I can always find peace of mind
G
In the lights of my hometown
Bridge
Bm A
Though I said goodbye
The best of me still lies
G
Inside that city limit sign
D A/C#
I know it's just a few miles down the road
Bm G
I'm getting there as fast as I can go
Em D/F#
I can always find peace of mind
G
In the lights of my hometown