Ways Away

Intro 
C     Fmaj7 


 
C 
Bovine hide and bloodshot eyes 
C 
5 o'clock comes early in the summertime 
Fmaj7 
4 by 4s, wearin' 505s 
Fmaj7 
Sweatin' out last night's silver bullets 
C 
Spittin' seeds and the wintergreen 
C 
We were drunk or asleep, no in between 
       Fmaj7 
And my family tree's got a legacy 
Fmaj7 
Of tryna get ahead but we couldn't 
        C 
Sittin' here reminiscing when I shouldn't 
 

 
      Am 
I'm a ways away 
                           G 
And everything I ever knew ain't the same 
                         Fmaj7 
Staring in the rear-view mirror 
Fmaj7 
The interstate's making me bitter 
Fmaj7 
But Daddy didn't raise no quitter 
          Am7 
I'm tryna make a name 
                          G 
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane 
                           Fmaj7 
Chasin' down something way bigger 
Fmaj7 
Praying that Cumberland River 
      Dm      Em      Fmaj7    C 
Don't wash my Midwest ways away 
 

 
C 
Landlord's been on my ass 
C 
Never spent this much on a tank of gas 
Fmaj7 
Corn and beans shoot up real fast 
    Dm 
But dreams don't grow in Barton 
 

 
      Am 
I'm a ways away 
                           G 
And everything I ever knew ain't the same 
                         Fmaj7 
Staring in the rear-view mirror 
Fmaj7 
The interstate's making me bitter 
Fmaj7 
But Daddy didn't raise no quitter 
          Am7 
I'm tryna make a name 
                          G 
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane 
                           Fmaj7 
Chasin' down something way bigger 
Fmaj7 
Praying that Cumberland River 
      Dm      Em      Fmaj7 
Don't wash my Midwest ways away 


{Instrumental Break} 
Am  G  Fmaj7 
 

 
             Am 
Wish I could go home when the goin' gets tough 
            E/G#                       Am 
Wish I knew then that I'd miss it this much 
           C 
Only place I'm pushin' daisies up 
                   Dm 
Why the hell did I leave where I wanna end up? 
      Am        G 
I'm a ways away 
            Fmaj7 
Yeah, I'm a ways away 
 

 
      Am 
I'm a ways away 
                           G 
And everything I ever knew ain't the same 
                         Fmaj7 
Staring in the rear-view mirror 
Fmaj7 
The interstate's making me bitter 
Fmaj7 
But Daddy didn't raise no quitter 
          Am7 
I'm tryna make a name 
                          G 
Tryna ride a tornado in a paper plane 
                           Fmaj7 
Chasin' down something way bigger 
Fmaj7 
Praying that Cumberland River 
      Dm      Em      Fmaj7 
Don't wash my Midwest ways away 
 

Outro 
C