[Intro]
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7 (x2)
[Verse]
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I have not been home since you left long ago
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I'm thumbing my way back to he____aven
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
Counting steps, walking backwards on the road
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I'm counting my way back to he_____aven
[Chorus]
G/B C
I can't be free with what's locked inside of me
Am G
If there was a key, you took it in your hand
G/B C
There's no wrong or right, but I'm sure there's good and bad
Am G/B
The questions linger overhead
[Verse]
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I'm thumbing my way back to he____aven
D5 F#
I wish that I could hold you
G/B A7sus4 A7
I wish that I had
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
Thinking 'bout heaven
[Bridge]
Dm F C Em
I let go of a rope, thinking that's what held me back
A# F
And in time I've realized, it's now wrapped around my neck
Dm F C Em
I can't see what's next, from this lonely overpass
A# F
Hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
[Chorus]
G/B Bm C
All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
Am G
Choosing the shiny ones instead
G/B Bm C Am G/B
I turned my back, now there's no turning back
[Verse]
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I smile, but who am I ki____dding?
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I'm just walking the mile, every once in a while I'll get a ride
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
I'm thumbing my way back to he____aven
[Outro]
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7
thumbing my way back to he____aven
D5 F# G/B A7sus4 A7 D5
I'm thumbing my way back to he____aven