Intro:
G C D G
verse 1
G C G
Little boy's supposed to do what he's told
G C G
Little girl's supposed to polish her toes
Bm C G
Maybe they're together when they're older and they're all grown up
G C G
Daddy's supposed to put bread on the table
G C G
Daddy's gone and your mama ain't able
Bm C G
Are you hungry when the money's all run out?
D
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C G
Did you really ever live at all
D
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C G
And the spring turn into fall
Bm
Just listen to your brother
Em G Em
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C D
I know that you think you're growing
G
But you're just tall
Post-Chorus
G C D G
G C D G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
verse 2
G C G
A really pretty girl in a really small town
G C G
Easy to believe you that you never settle down
Bm C G
Mama told your mama just the same not long ago
G C G
You want a baby, the same as your friends
G C G
Ring off on your finger, and your story will end
Bm C G
You'll be lookin' 'round, wonder where did the time go?
D
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C G
Did you really ever live at all
D
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C G
And the spring turn into fall
Bm
Just listen to your brother
Em G Em
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C D
I know that you think you're growing
G
But you're just tall
Post-Chorus
G C D G
G C D G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Bridge
Am D
Woah-oh
Bm Em G
Don't you think I'd know
Am Em D
There never was a red light in our town
Am D
Woah-oh
Bm Em C
I hate to say I told you so
Am D G
But you got to go right now
D
Tell me little dear if you only lived here
C G
Did you really ever live at all
D
Cause you'd be amazed in the summer of a daze
C G
And the spring turn into fall
Bm
Just listen to your brother
Em G Em
You can run in the cover of the night sky when it falls
C D
I know that you think you're growing
G
But you're just tall
Post-Chorus
G C D G
G C D G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G C D G
Oooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
G C D G
Ooh-ooh-ooh
G
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh