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Recorded by Luke Combs
Album: Gettin’ Old (2023)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
|(Em) / (D)(C)|(C) / (Em)(D)|(D) / (Em)(D)|(C) / Wo wo wo |

(Verse 1)
(Em) For sale by (D)owner sign (C) on Highway (Em)fifty-nine (D)
A signal (Em)of the (D)times, a (C)turning of the (Em)page (D)
(G) There used to be (D)nothing (C)here, but that nothing (Em)disap-(D)peared
The (D)pond, the barn, the (Em)farm, the (D)fields have (C)long since been re-(Em)placed (D)
(C) Asphalt parking where that (D)ten pew Pentecostal stood
(Em) Fast food, four lanes, and a (D)subdivided neighborhood

(Chorus)
(G) The walls of the (D)world are closin’ (Em)in
The spreadin’ (C)city spreads us thin (C)
Till we can't (G)seem to make our (C)ends meet in the (Em)black (D)
(G) I never would've (D)thought it wouldn't (Em)last
A way of (G/B)life that time moved (C)past
What I (G)wouldn't give to (C)have the back (Em)for-(D)ty back

(Solo)
|(Em) / (D)(C)|(C) / (Em)(D)|(D) / (Em)(D)|(C) / (Em)(D)|

(Verse 2)
(Em) Maybe I’m a (D)sucker for (C) knowing who (Em)lives next door (D)
A view from (Em)my back (D)porch, a (C)pinch of peace and (Em)qui-(D)et
(Em) I can’t get back (D)the used to be’s, (C) so I hang on to the (Em)memories (D)
Of when (Em)I could still look (Em)up and (D)see the (C)stars not street lights (Em)shin-(D)ing

(Chorus)
(G) The walls of the (D)world are closin’ in (Em)
The spreadin’ (G/B)city spreads us (C)thin
Till we can't (G)seem to make our (C)ends meet in the (Em)black (D)
(G) I never would've (D)thought it wouldn't (Em)last 
A way of (G/B)life that time moved (C)past
What I (Em)wouldn't give to (C)have the back (Em)for-(D)ty back

(Solo)
|(G) / (D)(C)|(C) / (Em)(D)|(D) / (Em)(D)|(C)(G/B)(Am)(D)|

(Post-Chorus)
(G) Now, I get that (D)progress has its (Em)place
And no re-(G/B)gard for what it (C)takes
Wish it would (G)slow its pace, and (C)cut us all some (Em)slack (D/F#)
(G) ‘Cause it’s all (D)changing way too fast (Em)
A way of (G/B)life that time moved (C)past
What I (G)wouldn't give to (C)have the back (Em)for-(D)ty back

(Outro.)
|(G) / (D)(C)|(C) / (Em)(D)|(D) / (Em)(D)|(C) / (Em)(D)|(G) - - - - -