[Intro]
D#m B F# C# x2
[Verse]
D#m B
you had a blue jean jacket a burned CD
F# C#
Said you wanna go somewhere fast with me
D#m B F#
i picked you up (yeah) we turned it up
C# D#m B
you had a broke heart neckless, post game smile
F# C#
J town, front page news for a while
D#m B F# C#
Then we broke up but i still turned it up
[Pre-Chorus]
D#m B
Cheerleading skirts and backseats
F# C#
free throws and chorch marquees
D#m B
kingsley countdown radio
F#
wouldn't know nothing
C#
if it weren't for all those
[Chorus]
D#m B F# C#
Long nights and glory days
D#m B
between the al pines
F#
and old king James
C# D#m
Yeah the better they look
B
the sweeter they kiss
F#
the shot ya don't take
C#
the shot ya gonna miss
D#m
the faster the car
B
the more money ya burn
F#
ya laugh, ya live, ya love
C#
there's a lot to learn from
D#m B F#
Speakers and Bleachers And Preachers
C#
the story of my youth
D#m B F#
Speakers and Bleachers And Preachers
C#
still got a lot of growing up to do
[Interlude]
D#m B F# C#
[Verse]
D#m B
Kroger parking lot, battle scars
F# C#
black and mild on the dash under the stars
D#m B
if daddy asks they ain't mine
F# C#
82 degrees on the bank sign
D#m B
and hey hey summer jams
F# C#
any Chesney songs gonna make her dance
D#m B
when the sun goes down (yeah)
F# C#
i think about her now and all those
[Chorus]
D#m B F# C#
Long nights and glory days
D#m B
between the al pines
F#
and old king James
C# D#m
Yeah the better they look
B
the sweeter they kiss
F#
the shot ya don't take
C#
the shot ya gonna miss
D#m
the faster the car
B
the more money ya burn
F#
ya laugh, ya live, ya love
C#
there's a lot to learn from
D#m B F#
Speakers and Bleachers And Preachers
C#
the story of my youth
D#m B F#
Speakers and Bleachers And Preachers
C#
still got a lot of growing up to do
[Solo]
D#m B F# C# x2
[Bridge] Muted
B C#
subs from my system rattlin' my rearview
D#m B
used to listen when my cousin, i miss him, he's gone now,
B C#
it was a national anthem and a knee down prayer, we were actin'
D#m G#
like we weren't just like every other small town
[Chorus]
D#m B F# C#
Long nights and glory days
D#m B
between the al pines
F#
and old king James
C# D#m
Yeah the better they look
B
the sweeter they kiss
F#
the shot ya don't take
C#
the shot ya gonna miss
D#m
the faster the car
B
the more money ya burn
F#
ya laugh, ya live, ya love
C#
there's a lot to learn from
D#m B F#
Speakers and Bleachers And Preachers
C#
the story of my youth
D#m B F#
Speakers and Bleachers And Preachers
C#
still got a lot of growing up to do