Verse 1:
[G] When I was six years [C] old I broke my [Em] leg [D]
[G] I was running [C] from my brother and [Em] his [D] friends
[G] And tasted the [C] sweet perfume of the [Em] mountain grass as I [D] rolled down
[G] I was younger [C] then, [Em] Take me back to [D] when
Pre-chorus:
I [C] found my [D] heart and broke it [G] here
Made friends and [C] lost them through the [C] years
And I’ve not [D] seen the roaring [G] fields in so long,
[C] I know I’ve grown, [C] And I can’t [D] wait to go home
Chorus:
[G] I’m on my [C] way
[Em] Driving at [D] 90 down [G] those country [C] lanes
[Em] Singing to [D] ‘Tiny Dancer’
And [G] I miss the [C] way you make [Em] me feel, [D] and it’s real
[G] We watched the [C] sunset [Em] over the [D] castle on the hill
[G] [C] [Em] [D]
Verse 2:
[G] Fifteen years [C] old and smoking [Em] hand-rolled [D] cigarettes
[G] Running from the [C] law in the backfields [Em] and getting drunk with [D] my friends
[G] Had my first [C] kiss on a Friday [Em] night, I don’t [D] reckon that I did it [G] right
But I was younger [C] then, [Em] Take me back to [D] when
Pre-chorus:
We [C] found weekend [D] jobs, when we got [G] paid
We’d buy cheap [C] spirits and drink them [C] straight
Me and my [D] friends have not thrown [G] up in so long, [C] oh how we’ve [C] grown
But I can’t [D] wait to go home
Chorus:
[G] I’m on my [C] way,
[Em] Driving at [D] 90 down [G] those country [C] lanes
[Em] Singing to [D] ‘Tiny Dancer’
And [G] I miss the [C] way you make [Em] me [D] feel,and it’s real
[G] We watched the [C] sunset [Em] over the [D] castle on the hill
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
Bridge:
[Em] One friend [C] left to sell clothes,
[G] One works [D] down by the coast,
[Em] One had two [C] kids but lives alone,
[G] One’s [D] brother overdosed,
[Em] One’s [C] already on his second wife
[G] One’s just [D] barely getting by
But [Em] these people [C] raised me
And I [G] can’t [D] wait to go home
Chorus:
[G] I’m on my [C] way,
[Em] I still [D] remember these [G] old country [C] lanes,
When [Em] we did not [D] know the answers,
And [G] I miss the [C] way you [Em] make me [D] feel, and it’s real,
[G] We watched the [C] sunset [Em] over the [D] castle on the [G] hill.