🎸 Intro: C 🎸 Verse: C Back in the spring of '81 G You had boy, yeah, you had a son Dm F What you wanted was a sports car Dm F What you wanted was a sports car C Five years later to the day G
You lean down to your son and say Dm F "Son, play with these toy cars" Dm F While your mother looks at sports cars C Now that son, he's turning 18 G He likes girls and fast machines Dm F But he can't afford a sports car Dm F No, he can't afford a sports car C Soon that son, he turns 25 G You sit him down, "Listen up, let me give you some advice Dm F Buy yourself a sports car Dm F Life's better with a sports car" C Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um G Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) C "Son, your daddy, he ain't around G He left town when he found Dm F Out you weren't a sports car" Dm F Found out you weren't a sports car C "I can tell you now 'cause you're a grown man G When you were first born, I almost named you Trans Gm Dm F What I wanted was a sports car" Dm F Found out you weren't a sports car C Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um G Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) C Now she's getting old, she's almost 66 G And that old Chevrolet is up on bricks Dm F And she never owned a sports car Dm F No, she never owned a sports car Dm I know you look at me F I know you look at me Dm And I know you look at me F And you wish I was a sports car C Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um G Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) C Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um G Uhm-mm uh-uh-uuh uh um Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) Dm F (Uh-uh, uh-uh-uh) End: