Intro:
Fmaj7 G/B Fmaj7 G/B Fmaj7 G/B C Fmaj7
Verse
G/B Fmaj7
Sitting up on the roof
G/B Fmaj7
Sneaking a smoke by the chimney
G/B C Fmaj7
Checking out the moon and the city lights
G/B Fmaj7
He takes off his flannel shirt and
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He drapes it around her shoulders
G/B C
Slides up behind her and holds on tight
Am7 C/G Fmaj7
And she says, "I don't want this night to end
Why does it have to end?"
G F C
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-10, Baton Rouge
G F
LSU, eighteen years in her rear view
G F C
He's got a Friday pay-check lined up down the block at Daddy's shop
G Am
It ain't much, but it's a job
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They've been dreading this moment all summer long
Fmaj7 G/B Fmaj7 G/B Fmaj7 G/B C
The night before life goes on
Verse
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Ooh, a tear falls off her cheek
Gsus4 Fmaj7
Right when it hits his arm he says
Gsus4 C Fmaj7
"Come on baby, lets get out of here"
Gsus4 Fmaj7
They take one last drive around town and
Gsus4 Fmaj7
Man it already looks different
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He bangs the wheel and says, "Life ain't fair
C/G Fmaj7
"And this growing up stuff, man I don't know
"I just don't wanna let you go"
G F C
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-10, Baton Rouge
G F
LSU, eighteen years in her rear view
G F C
He's got a Friday pay-check lined up down the block at Daddy's shop
G Am
It ain't much, but it's a job
C/G D/F# Fmaj9
They've been dreading this moment all summer long
C
The night before life goes on
Bridge
G/B
Yeah, that's what my momma told me
Bb
And just like those kids
F C
I didn't wanna listen to no one
G/B
Yeah, there's nothing you can do
Bb
There's nothing you can say
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And I know how it feels when love goes away
G F C
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-10, Baton Rouge
G F
LSU, eighteen years in her rear view
G F C
He's got a Friday pay-check lined up down the block at Daddy's shop
G Am
It ain't much, but it's a job
C/G D/F# Fmaj7
They've been dreading this moment all summer long
But here it is they don't have long
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The night before life goes on
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah