Key: C major•
Intro 1
F
Am
C
G
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
Verse 1
C
G
Am
He was a young man then
F
C
and I was a little fella
I'd play in that bench back seat and listen
F
C
to the songs get sung
G
Am
He couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
F
G
C
but he'd sing at the top of his lungs
Verse 2
C
G
Am
Carry On My Wayward Son
F
C
on the hippie radio
C
G
And I was a band,
Am
F
C
I would stand and we'd bounce down the road
Am
F
tiac with that hippie radio
G
C
Interlude 1
Am
F
C
Verse 3
F
C
maybe eighteen is right
G
Am
But I'll never forget those baby blues
F
C
and the glow of that dashboard light
I'd won her heart the week before
F
C
and it was hot right from the start
G
Am
I busted her brother Billy's mouth
F
C
for makin' fun of my car
Verse 4
Am
F
C
Rebel Yell on the hippie radio
I was a Werewolf in London,
Am
G
and she was Lady Marmalade's soul
C
G
And I'd crank the band,
Am
F
take her hand and we'd pull off back a road
C
G
Am
A boy and his girl in a Pontiac,
F
G
and the hippie radio
Interlude 2
C
Am
F
C
G
Am
F
C
Verse 5
F
C
tying cans to the bumper
G
Am
I was pa cing a maternity floor,
F
C
my flower baby was a mother
My hands were shaking as we were leaving,
F
C
taking our boy home
G
Am
F
My heart was full and in my head I could hear a long,
long song
C
Verse 6
G
Am
Cat's in the cradle and the silver
F
C
spoon on the hippie radio
A-B-C, 1-2-3,
Am
G
don't don't blink or he'll be gone
C
G
Am
And I took her hand and she just smiled
F
C
with a look that said "I know"
A boy and his dad,
Am
F
G
and a boy and his girl in a Pontiac
Outro 1
And the hippie radio
C
Am
F
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Am C G
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