Key: G
Introduction: G
G
I've got a friend who wears go-go boots to Sunday School
We used to sit and drink pink champagne on a tin roof
C
Ridin' it out in a Thunderbird
G
Singin' out loud every single word of Jack & Diane
Tryin' to pretend there was no rules
D
Kissin' on boys and sneakin' in bars
Am
Tryin' to get a glimpse of who we are
D C
We weren't wild, but we weren't far
G Am C D
She said Thelma and Louise, you got nothin' on me
G C D C
And you can tell ol' James Dean to get in line
G Am C D
Thanks to Elvis and Kurt Cobain, the world will never be the same
C D G Bm G
You gotta make history one day at a time
Verse
G
She graduated in 1987
We were gonna make a break for it together
C
Headed out to Hollywood
Where the stars are bright and the weather's good
G
But she changed her mind and went back to the 7-11
D
She went and married the football star
Am
Had few kids and works real hard
D C
It ain't wild but it ain't far
B A E
way too much to feel the danger
B A E
way too much to shield his heart
B A E
too far gone to ever wanna change her
E B A
cause he loves her way too much
E
way too much
Instrumental
G
Verse
G Am C D
Hey, Thelma and Louise, you got nothin' on me
G C D
And you can tell ol' James Dean to get in line
C G C D
Thanks to Jesus and John Wayne the world will never be the same
C D G
You've gotta make history one day at a time
Outro
G
Like John Lennon and Kennedy
I'm with them, yeah, 'cause I believe
Am7 G
You gotta make history one day at a time