Intro: C#
Chorus:
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my fears away
C#
to the summer sunset on a holy night
C#
on a long back road all the tears i fight
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my fears away
C#
to the summer sunset on a holy night
C#
on a long back road all the tears i fight
G#
At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray
G#
had to leave my home at an early age
C#
i saw mama prayinʼ, i saw daddy grind
C#
all my tender problems, had to leave behind
G#
Itʼs been umpteen summers, and iʼm not in my bed
on the back of the bus and a bunk with the band
G#
goinʼ so hard, gotta choose myself
underpaid and overwhelmed
C#
i might cook, clean, but still wonʼt fold
still workinʼ on my life, you know
C#
only God knows only God knows
only God knows
Chorus:
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my fears away
C#
to the summer sunset on a holy night
C#
on a long back road all the tears i fight
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my fears away
C#
to the summer sunset on a holy night
C#
on a long back road all the tears i fight
C#G#
Sixteen dollars workinʼ all day
G#
ainʼt got time to waste i got art to make
C#
i got love to create on this holy night
C#
they wonʼt dim my light
all these years i fight
G#
Itʼs been thirty-eight summers
and iʼm not in my bed
on the back of the bus and a bunk with the band
G#
goinʼ so hard, now i miss my kids
overworked and overwhelmed
C#
i might cook, clean, but still wonʼt fold
still workinʼ on my life, you know
C#
only God knows only God knows
only God knows
Chorus:
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my fears away
C#
to the summer sunset on a holy night
C#
on a long back road all the tears i fight
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my fears away
C#
to the summer sunset on a holy night
C#
on a long back road all the tears i fight
G#F#FmC#
Oooh ooh...
FmG#
Ooo oooh...
G#
At fifteen the innocence was gone astray
G#
had to take care of home at an early age
C#
i saw mama cryinʼ, i saw daddy lyinʼ
C#
had to sacrifice and leave my fears behind
A#mG#
The legacy if itʼs the last thing i do
F#
youʼll remember me
cause we got somethinʼ to prove
F#Fm
in your memory on a highway to truth
G#
still see your faces when you close your eyes
C#
Chorus:
G#
Sixteen carriages drivinʼ away
G#
while i watch them ride with my dreams away