[Intro]
C
G/C Gm/C F
Brake lights, cornfield monotony
Fm Ab G
And a million white hyphens between you and me
Eb Bb Fm Ab
But it’s a little less far from where you are
Bb Bbm
As I’m driving down the highway
Bb Bbm
Putting loneliness behind me
Db
Singing softly to myself
Bb Bb Am G Bb Am G
About the miles left to go
[Verse 1]
Dm C G/B G
And I know that the distance that I drive
Dm C G/B G
Won’t close the distance that’s between us
Dm C G/B G Dm C
And I know no matter how far I go
G/B Bb Am G Bb Am G
I will never reach you
F5 C/E
I’m trying to stay
Dm7 Am/C F5
Between the lines on the road
C/E Dm7
And I’m trying to read
Am/C F5
Between the lines when you say
C/E Dm7 Am/C F5
That you’ll love me forever and ever although
C/E Dm7 Am/C Em Dm Am/C
We are miles apart and drifting away
Am Em Dm Am/C Bb Am G
[Verse 2]
F5 C/E Dm7
And I can’t say I’ve ever had much
Am/C F5
Of a sense of direction
C/E Dm7 Am/C F5
But I always thought I had a sense of myself
C/E Dm7
But it’s clear that my compass
Am/C F5
Needs some correction
C/E Dm Am/C Em Dm
As I find myself driven by somebody else
Am/C Am Em Dm Am/C Bb Am G
[Verse 3]
Dm C G/B G
And how long before I get there
Dm C G/B G
There’s no signs along the way
Dm C G/B G
And how long before you really get me
Dm C G/B Bb Am
It’s too much time to just throw it all away
G Bb Am G
F C/E Dm7
And I don’t know just where I am going
Am F
But it’s in this direction
C/E Dm7
And it’s better than where
Am F
I have been up to now
C/E Dm7 Am F
Moving fast as I can from a fear of rejection
C/E Dm7 Am F C/E
I would go my own way if I only knew how
Dm7 Am F
Long distance between us on the highway
C/E Dm7 Am F
Long distance between us when we touch
C/E Dm7
Maybe you should go your way
Am F
And I should go my way
C/E Dm7
I’m beginning to think
Am Em Dm
That I love you too much
Am/C Am Em Dm
I need to be with you
Am/C Am
I need to go to you
Dm Dm C
And as I go, I still don’t know
G/B G
If you really love me
Dm C G/B G
I don’t know if you know what that means
Dm C G/B G
And I can’t make you love me
D C G/B Bb Am G
But my will is stronger than it seems
Bb Am G G7
[Bridge]
Db Db/Bb
My center of gravity shifts
F
As I cross the state line
Db Db/B
And I don’t know what I’m holding onto
F Bb Am G
But I know that it’s mine
Bb Am G
Bb Am G
Bb Am G Em
[Verse 4]
D/F# G
Moving down the road
Em D/F# G
And I think I’ve lost my way
Em D/F#
And is it just me
G C
Or is this road getting longer
Em D/F# G
So I sing myself back home again
Em D/F# G
Tell myself everything’s ok
Em D/F# G
And when I think about turning around
C
I just get stronger
Em D/F# G Em D/F# G
This is the only love that I have ever known
Em D/F# G C
And so I tell myself it must be real
Em D/F# G
And I know it isn’t perfect
Em D/F# Bb
But it’s better than being alone
Em D/F# G
And so I shift the gears
C
I hit the gas, I grip the wheel, and I sing
[Chorus]
Em D/F# G
I’ll hold on
D C
To whatever I can
D Em D B/D#
Anything’s better than nothing
Em D/F# G
I’ll hold on
D C
For whatever it’s worth
D Em
For whatever I’m worth
Fsus2 F
And that’s nothing
[Outro]
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