[Intro]
A - Bm - D - A
[Verse 1]
A Bm
Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright built wings out of wood an steel,
D A
Folks said that thing will never fly, they said watch that it will,
Bm
We've been defying gravity now going on a hundred years,
D
It was paper wings, and paper dreams,
A
That's how we got from there to here,
[Verse 2]
A Bm
A nickle bought a soda pop a way back then, and a movie only cost a dime,
D A
He came home with a star and a purple heart, she waited all that time,
Bm
Today they'll cut a golden wedding cake, how they made it all those years,
D
It had to be tough they just said it was love,
A
That's how they got from there to here,
[Bridge]
A-F-F#m A D A
You either do or you don't believe that it can or can't be done,
A-F-F#m A D
Without some faith and a touch of grace and it can happen,
to anyone,
[Verse 3]
-------NO Chords--------> Bm
Poor boys lots of noise two car garage, hey turn those guitars down,
D A
They couldn't know that the word would grow in time to love that sound,
Bm
They headed out in a beat up van and a u-haul packed full of gear,
D
The road was long but their will was strong,
A
That's how they got from there to here,
(lead - A - Bm - D - A)
[Verse 4]
A Bm
Yea they got a bus but you can bet they'd walk just to hear another crowd cheer,
D
It was a song and a prayer and a lot of luck and you,
A - Bm D
That got us from there to here, oh yeah,
A
Got us from there to here,
[Outro]
A - Bm - D - A