Lady Antebellum, "Generation Away"
(intro)
F# C# D#m B
(verse)
F# C#
If I was a summer, I wanna be '69
D#m B
I'd be chilling, listening to Dylan, holding up a peace sign.
F# C#
And if I was a prison, I wanna be Folsom
D#m
Johnny Cash be rocking that black,
B
Singing to the stripes and kicking out all the lights.
(chorus)
F#
Hey, what can I say?
C#
I hope they'd talk about us that way
G#m
There ain't no place I'd rather be
B
Than right here making history.
F#
Hey, what can we do?
C#
Here we are, it's me and you
G#m B
So let's take all the pictures we can take
F#
For the generation away
C# D#m B
Come on!
(verse)
F# C#
Well if I was an old car, I wanna be a Mustang
D#m B
American made with a white rag top on a blue sky kind of day.
F# C#
And if I was a preacher, I wanna be Dr. King
D#m B
Oh, I know he's up there smiling down cause we all still have a dream.
(chorus)
F#
Hey, what can I say?
C#
I hope they'd talk about us that way
G#m
There ain't no place I'd rather be
B
Than right here making history.
F#
Hey, what can we do?
C#
Here we are, it's me and you
G#m B
So let's take all the pictures we can take
F#
For the generation away
(instrumental-bridge)
F# C# D#m B
G#m
Let's make some memories while we can
B
Laugh and love, don't miss your chance
E C#
Cause he still got the whole world in his hands
(no chord)
So baby let's dance
F# C# D#m B
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
(chorus-out)
B
Yeah I'm singing
F#
Hey, what can I say?
C#
I hope they talk about us that way
G#m
Raise your voice and have no fear
B
Let 'em know that you were here.
F#
Singing hey, what can we do?
C#
Here we are, it's me and you
G#m B
So let's take all the pictures we can take
G#m B
And let's make all the memories we can make
(no chord)
For the generation away
F# C# D#m B
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
F#
He's got the whole world in his hands
C#
He's got the whole world in his hands
D#m
He's got the whole wide world right in his hands
B
So come on now, everybody just dance
F#
He's got the whole world in his hands
C#
He's got the whole world in his hands
D#m
He's got the whole wide world right in his hands
B F#
So sing out loud and wave your hands
C#
Got the whole word
D#m
Got the whole wide world
B F#
The whole wide world, oh yeah
C#
Now everybody in the party,
D#m
Everybody in the place
B
Come on and put your hands up
F#
Come on and put your hands up
C# D#m B (fade)
Oh no, oh oh, yeah