verse 1:
G G
She was like a brand new song on an old guitar
Cadd9 Cadd9
A Supernova in a mason jar
G Cadd9
Every boy in town wanted to show her around
G G
As a dirt road, fence row, kudzu king
Cadd9 Cadd9
Beating along this American dream
G Cadd9
Wrecked out the truck when she showed up
D Cadd9 G
She had a fire inside her faraway eyes
D Cadd9 G
And I knew just where to take her that night
G
And we got high on top of that ridge
G
We could see for miles, past the corn and the cotton and the river bridge
G G
When the sun went down, there she was
G
Shinning like a big old sky full of diamond dust
D Cadd9 "2 extra strums"
I'm a cigarette burnin' slow on a summer night
G
She's city lights
verse 2:
G G
She's like a broken heart you can't wait to have
Cadd9 Cadd9
A shooting star that falls too fast
G Cadd9
Try holding on, it's already gone
G G
I searched that radio low and high
Cadd9 Cadd9
Tryin' to find a song to make a memory by
G Cadd9
And I did alright, for a small town guy
D Cadd9 G
But even in my arms I knew
D Cadd9 G
I'd never shine as bright as her city lights do
G
And we got high on top of that ridge
G
We could see for miles, past the corn and the cotton and the river bridge
G G
When the sun went down, there she was
G
Shinning like a big old sky full of diamond dust
D Cadd9
I'm a cigarette burnin' slow on a summer night
G
She's city lights
Solo G G G G
Chorus: