Intro: G C Am D
G
Sitting up on the roof
Em
Sneaking a smoke by the chimney
C Am
Checking out the moon and the city lights
G
He takes off his flannel shirt and he
Em
drapes it around her shoulder
C Am
slides up behind her and holds on tight
G Em
and she says I don't want this night to end
C Am
why does it have to end?
Chorus:
G Em C
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-ten baton rouge LSU
Am
Eighteen years in her rearview
G Em C
He's got a friday paycheck line up down
the block at daddy's shop
Am
it ain't much but its a job
Em C Am
they've been dreading this moment all summer long
C D G
the night before life goes on
D
ooo
G
a tear falls off her cheek and
Em
Right when it hits his arm he says
C Am
Come on baby let's get out of here
G
They take one last drive around town and
Em
man it already looks different
C Am
He bangs the wheel and says life ain't fair
G Em
and this growing up stuff man i don't know
C Am
i just don't wanna let you Go
Chorus:
C Am
Yeah that's what my momma told me
C Am G
and just like those kids i didn't want to listen to no one
C Am
Yeah there's nothing you can do, nothing you can say and
C Am (one strum)
i know how it feels when love goes away
G Em C
Tomorrow she'll be rolling down I-ten baton rouge LSU
Am
Eighteen years in her rearview
G Em C
He's got a friday paycheck line up down
the block at daddy's shop
Am
it ain't much but its a job
Em Am C Am
they've been dreading this moment all summer loooong
Em G
But here it is they don't have long
Em C G
the night before life goes ooooon
D C C C C Am G
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah