Key: G major•
Intro 1
Em
D
G
G
Verse 1
D
G
From the cities and the farms
Em
C
With years and years of living
G
D
Tucked up underneath their arms
Em
C
They walk away from everything
G
C
Just to see a dream come true
G
D
So God bless the boys
Em
D
who make the noise
C
D
G
On 16th Avenue
Verse 2
D
G
And an old flattop guitar
Em
C
They drive to town with all they own
G
D
In a hundred dollar car
Em
C
'Cause one time someone told them
G
C
About a friend of a friend they knew
G
D
Em
D
Who owns, you know, a studio
C
D
G
On 16th Avenue
Verse 3
D
G
They've never had to say "Survive"
Em
C
And others swing a 9 pound hammer
G
D
Just to stay alive
Em
C
There's cowboys drunks and Christians
G
C
Mostly white and black and blue
G
D
They've all dialed the phone
Em
D
collect to home
C
D
G
From 16th Avenue
G
D
Interlude 1
Em
D
G
G
Verse 4
D
G
Where no curtains ever hung
Em
C
Like a miracle some golden words
G
D
Rolled off of someone's tongue
Em
C
And after years of being no thing
G
C
They're all looking right at you
G
D
Em
D
And then, for a while they'll go in style
C
D
G
On 16th Avenue
Verse 5
D
G
So quiet and discreet
Em
C
But a lot of lives where changed
G
D
Down on that little one way street
Em
C
'Cause they walk away from everything
G
C
Just to see a dream come true
G
D
Em
D
So God bless the boys who make the noise
C
D
G
On 16th Avenue
G
D
Interlude 2
Em
D
G
G
Verse 6
D
G
From the cities and the farms
Em
C
With years and years of living
G
D
Tucked up underneath their arms
Em
C
They walk away from everything
[Fade out]
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