16th Avenue

Intro bass run off G chrd (g,f#,f) to Em chrd, D chrd and back to G G Em FROM THE CORNERS OF THE COUNTRY D G FROM THE CITIES AND THE FARMS Em C WITH YEARS AND YEARS OF LIVING G D TUCKED UP UNDERNEATH THEIR ARMS Em C THEY WALKED AWAY FROM EVERYTHING G C JUST TO SEE A DREAM COME TRUE G Em SO GOD BLESS THE BOYS WHO MAKE THE NOISE C D7 G ON SIXTEENTH AV-E-NUE WITH A MILLION DOLLAR SPIRIT AND AN OLD FLAT TOP GUITAR THEY DRIVE TO TOWN WITH ALL THEY OWN IN A HUNDRED DOLLAR CAR 'CAUSE ONE TIME SOMEONE TOLD'EM ABOUT A FRIEND OF A FRIEND THEY KNEW WHO OWNS YOU KNOW A STUDIO ON SIXTEENTH AVENUE NOW SOME ARE BORN TO MONEY THEY NEVER HAD TO SAY SURVIVE AND OTHERS SWING A NINE POUND HAMMER JUST TO STAY ALIVE THERE'S COWBOYS, DRUNKS AND CHRISTIANS MOSTLY WHITE AND BLACK AND BLUE THEY'VE ALL DIALED THE PHONE COLLECT TO HOME FROM SIXTEENTH AVENUE (SHORT BREAK SIMILAR TO INTRO) AH, BUT THEN ONE NIGHT IN SOME EMPTY ROOM WHERE NO CURTAINS EVER HUNG LIKE A MIRACLE SOME GOLDEN WORDS ROLL OFF OF SOMEONE'S TONGUE AND AFTER YEARS OF BEING NOTHING THEY'RE ALL LOOKIN' RIGHT AT YOU AND THEN FOR AWHILE THEY'LL GO IN STYLE ON SIXTEENTH AVENUE HEY, IT LOOKS SO UNEVENTFUL SO QUIET AND DISCRETE BUT A LOT OF LIVES WERE CHANGED DOWN ON THAT LITTLE ONE WAY STREET 'CAUSE THEY WALKED AWAY FROM EVERYTHING JUST TO SEE A DREAM COME TRUE SO GOD BLESS THE BOYS WHO MAKE THE NOISE ON SIXTEENTH AVENUE REPEAT AND FADE FIRST VERSE