[Pre-Chorus]
Bm
Can I sit next to you?
Bm G
Can you sit next to me?
Bm
Get the stars out your eyes
Bm G
Come and bring them to me
[Chorus 1]
Em
I been down so long
Bm
I been working on a plan, yeah
It's just that
Em
I been down so long
A
I gotta give me my mine when I can
[Verse 1]
Bm
Can I sit next to you?
Bm G
Can you sit next to me?
Bm
I walk to Memphis alone
Bm G
'Cause you'd do it for me
Oh, I know you would
Bm
All of the kicks from the sticks
All the kicks that we knew
G
I put all that aside, concentrate on you
Bm
All the kicks from the sticks
All the hits that we took
G
All the stitches we got
All our brains so cooked
Em
Oh oh oh
[Bridge]
Em Bm
Some day I'm gonna get where you want 'em
Em
I've been down so long
A Bb+ B
Been down but now I gotta get lifted up
[Verse 2]
Bm
I'm gonna walk a tightrope
Bm G
Gonna get kicks every night
Bm
No one's holding me back
Bm G
No one's changing my mind, oh
Bm
Gonna walk a tightrope
Bm
Gonna get kicks every night
G
No one's holding me back
G
No one's changing my mind
Bm
Get the stars out your eyes
Bm
Come and sit next to me
G
Under Tennessee skies
G
Down on South Front Street
Em
Oh oh oh
[Chorus 2]
Em Bm
I been working on a plan, yeah
Em
I been down so long
A Bb+
Been down but now I gotta get lifted up