Main Street, 1979
Deric Ruttan
C
Legs stickin' to the vinyl seats
G
Ice cream truck goes by on the street
F
Little brother doesn't even look
F C
Head buried in a comic book
C
Dad come back with cigarettes
G
Radio plays Bennie & The Jets
F
Mama sings, says don't touch that dial
F C
Daddy just smiles
Chorus 1:
Am C/B C
And we roll out of the five and dime
F G C
Main Street 1979
C
Passed the park and the hardware store
G
Daddy waves to the man in the door
F
Stopped down at the KFC
F C
soon there's chicken smellin up the back seat
C
Mama says you boys leave that bucket alone
G
We'll all eat when we get home
F
Catch my dad in the side view mirror
C
Grinnin' ear to ear
Chorus 2:
Am C/B C
He was holdin mama's hand real tight
Am G C
Main Street 1979
Bridge:
Am G
I wonder now who's town this is
F C
As I roll in with my wife and kids
Dm
Cause nothing seems to change
G
But nothing stays the same
C
Daddy drove on and there he was
G
Loading lumber on a flat bed truck
F
Grampa waved and smiled real big
F C
Lord, how he loved us grand kids
C
Six years later when the cancer came
G
That old man didn't know my name
F
Wished now dad had stopped the car
F C
And I would run for a hug from Grampa's arms
Am C/B C
But I barely waved as we drove by
Am G C
Main Street 1979
Am C/B C
What I'd give for one more ride
Am G C
Down Main Street 1979