Ways Away

Intro C Fmaj7 [Verso 1] C Bovine hide and bloodshot eyes C 5 o'clock comes early in the summertime Fmaj7 4 by 4s, wearin' 505s Fmaj7 Sweatin' out last night's silver bullets C Spittin' seeds and the wintergreen C We were drunk or asleep, no in between Fmaj7 And my family tree's got a legacy Fmaj7 Of tryna get ahead but we couldn't C Sittin' here reminiscing when I shouldn't [Refrão] Am I'm a ways away G And everything I ever knew ain't the same Fmaj7 Staring in the rear-view mirror Fmaj7 The interstate's making me bitter Fmaj7 But Daddy didn't raise no quitter Am7 I'm tryna make a name G Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane Fmaj7 Chasin' down something way bigger Fmaj7 Praying that Cumberland River Dm Em Fmaj7 C Don't wash my Midwest ways away [Verso 2] C Landlord's been on my ass C Never spent this much on a tank of gas Fmaj7 Corn and beans shoot up real fast Dm But dreams don't grow in Barton [Refrão] Am I'm a ways away G And everything I ever knew ain't the same Fmaj7 Staring in the rear-view mirror Fmaj7 The interstate's making me bitter Fmaj7 But Daddy didn't raise no quitter Am7 I'm tryna make a name G Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane Fmaj7 Chasin' down something way bigger Fmaj7 Praying that Cumberland River Dm Em Fmaj7 Don't wash my Midwest ways away {Instrumental Break} Am G Fmaj7 [Ponte] Am Wish I could go home when the goin' gets tough E/G# Am Wish I knew then that I'd miss it this much C Only place I'm pushin' daisies up Dm Why the hell did I leave where I wanna end up? Am G I'm a ways away Fmaj7 Yeah, I'm a ways away [Refrão] Am I'm a ways away G And everything I ever knew ain't the same Fmaj7 Staring in the rear-view mirror Fmaj7 The interstate's making me bitter Fmaj7 But Daddy didn't raise no quitter Am7 I'm tryna make a name G Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane Fmaj7 Chasin' down something way bigger Fmaj7 Praying that Cumberland River Dm Em Fmaj7 Don't wash my Midwest ways away Outro C