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