Verse 1
C C7 F
I always go the other way but my car drove me down today
C G
To a little house on the older side of town
C F
Back when things were never hard I used to play there in that yard
C G C F C
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
Verse 2
C C7 F
Cokes were just a nickel then and across the street at the Five and Ten
C G G7
A lot of things were cheap and square and strange
C C7 F
And the life that we had might have been but it was one we loved believing in
C G C F C
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
CHORUS:
G C F C
I wondered now if love is still the way it was back then
D7 G G7
I need to know that life is still a place worth living in
C C7 F
There it is just like it was a house where there was always love
C G C F C
And I just drove by to see if things had changed
Guitar Solo Interlude: follow chords for one verse
Verse 3
C C7
In a world that seen it's better days
F C
it's good to know some things remain the same
C G
Though standing still is not times way
C C7 F
Take to heart while in it's spring that love is just a fragile thing
C G C F C
And I just drove by to see if things have changed
CHORUS:
G C F C
I wondered now if love is still way it was back then
D7 G G7
I need to know that life is still a place worth livin' in
C C7 F
There it is just like it was a house where there was always love
C G C F
I just drove by to see if things had changed
C G C F C
I just drove by to see if things had changed