Firebird

 
   C 
I knew him from my homeroom class 
F 
He was the quite type 
     C 
But when he'd smile my whole world stopped 
    G 
It gave me butterflies 
C                                    F 
Well I didn't know it then but that boy was workin hard 
C                       G 
Savin up his money to buy himself a car 
      F                               C 
The day he signed the title somethin deep inside him changed 
C                F               G                C 
Later that same day he asked me out on our first date 

Pre Chorus: 
F                           C                    G   C    F 
Lookin back I can't believe he might not have given it a whirl 
       C                          F G 
if it wasn't for that cherry red 69 Firebird 

 
      F 
That Firebird had changed his world from the inside out 
     C                                                    G 
Made him believe he could achieve what he'd only dreamed about 
F 
Put her in drive and let her fly no place he couldn't go 
     C                                         G 
And all his doubt was drown out by the blarin radio 
F                        C       G       F 
He was strong as all 300 horses in his hand 
C                                 F     G     C 
That Firebird had turned my quiet boy into a man 


V3: 
          C                                  F 
With the baby and the mortgatge due it was hard to say goodbye 
          C                                              G 
But newlyweds they have to do what it takes to get them by 
      F                                            C 
But even after 30 years we still talk about that fall 
     C                   F             G                C 
Who knew that just one Pontiac could somehow change it all 

Pre Chorus 3: 
F                            C                 G     C     F 
Lookin back I can't believe he might not have given it a whirl 
C                                F   G       C 
If it wasn't for that cherry red 69 Firebird 
 

 
      F 
That Firebird had changed his world from the inside out 
     C                                                    G 
Made him believe he could achieve what he'd only dreamed about 
F 
Put her in drive and let her fly no place he couldn't go 
     C                                         G 
And all his doubt was drown out by the blarin radio 
F                        C       G       F 
He was strong as all 300 horses in his hand 
C                                 F     G     C 
That Firebird had turned my quiet boy into a man 
 

 
F                           C 
Today I saw a Firebird like we had long ago 
   C                F              G         C 
I told him we were too late it already had been sold 
      F                              C 
He flashed that butterly smile of a boy that I once knew 
           C                    F                G                 C 
He said I know who bought that Pontiac and I'm bringin her home to you 
 

 
      F 
That Firebird had changed his world from the inside out 
     C                                                    G 
Made him believe he could achieve what he'd only dreamed about 
F 
Put her in drive and let her fly no place he couldn't go 
     C                                         G 
And all his doubt was drown out by the blarin radio 
F                        C       G       F 
He was strong as all 300 horses in his hand 
C                                 F     G     C 
That Firebird had turned my quiet boy into a man 


       C              F              G     C 
That Firebird had turned my quiet boy into a man