The Ataris – Car Song (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C G C [Verse 1]
        G                                       Cadd9
Now you rest amongst the rust of these roadside monuments.

   G
In all their former glories

             Cadd9
The drive in nights that came and went.

     Em
You fought on hard through rain beaten nights

             D
Out past the shadows of state lines

            Cadd9
Now this victory dance, it belongs to you and I.
[Interlude] G D Em Cadd9 [Verse 2]
G                                       Cadd9
Ashtray serenade on these Indian summer nights.

    G
Out past the cold dark desert towns

          Cadd9
Under the neon veiled starlight.

   Em
We crossed the Mason-Dixon

          D
Sang with pastures gold and green

     Cadd9
Now darlin’ won’t you come on home to me.
[Chorus 1]
      G                         D
I was born in the blizzard of 1977

  Em                                       Cadd9
A southpaw heart with eyes that burned California.

       G
Lay me down under the night

        D
Under a veil of the pale starlight

      Em                              Cadd9
These Midwest kids got nothin' on California.
[Interlude] G D Em Cadd9 [Verse 3]
    G
The winter sky is weeping

         Cadd9
The factories lie in their graves

     G
Like Cold War artifacts

         Cadd9
Marching in some ghost parade

   Em                                     D
We watched these streets of fire fall and crumble into the sea

    Cadd9
Now darlin' won’t you come on home to me.
[Chorus 2]
      G                         D
I was born in the blizzard of 1977

  Em                                        Cadd9
A car crash heart with eyes that burned California.

       G
Lay me down under the night

        D
Under a veil of the pale starlight

      Em                              C
These Midwest girls got nothin on California.
[Bridge] After all the tears I cried for you All the times I tried to let you go
       G
Lay me down beneath the night

          D
Under the sadness of this life
Darlin take me home, won’t you take me home? [Interlude] G C G C [Verse 4]
        G                                       Cadd9
Now you rest amongst the rust of these roadside monuments.

   G
In all your former sadness

         Cadd9
The neon nights that came and went.

    Em
You fought on hard through rain beaten nights

             D
Out past the shadows of state lines

            Cadd9
Now this victory dance, it belongs to you and I.
[Chorus 3]
      G                         D
I was born in the blizzard of 1977

  Em                                       Cadd9
A Southpaw heart with eyes that burned California.

        G
Lay me down under the night

        D
Under a veil of the pale starlight

      Em                             Cadd9
These Midwest kids got nothin on California.