Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: C Verse 1: C Well, I'd wreck that better day Chevrolet G A thousand times, a thousand ways F F Just to feel the kind of way it made me feel Behind that wheel C And I'd break my heart come every Fall G To taste that summer and the alcohol F F On lips that said, "I love you", but never will
I'd kiss her still Refrain: C With a heart wide open, I'll go down goin' G I'd rather drown dreamin' than to stay dry hopin' F I'd rather steal time, than have mine stolen F I'd rather live Chorus: C A life I can learn with, swerve with, twist and turn with G Take a ninety mile an hour curve with F The longer I, longer I live F The more that I, more that I wish C For some friends I can sip with, take a fifth with G Find a girl I can kiss through the thin and the thick with F With the one life I get (With the one life I get) G I want a life I can live C G Not just a life I can live with (Ooh-ooh-ooh) F F Not just a life I can live with (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh) Verse 2: C I'd rather be a leavin' town silhouette G Taillights burnin' like cigarettes F Wastin' good gas on a bad bet F Than to die knowin' I never lived Chorus: C A life I can learn with, swerve with, twist and turn with G Take a ninety mile an hour curve with F The longer I, longer I live F The more that I, more that I wish C For some friends I can sip with, take a fifth with G Find a girl I can kiss through the thin and the thick with F With the one life I get (With the one life I get) F I want a life I can live C G Not just a life I can live with (Ooh-ooh-ooh) F F Not just a life I can live with (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh) Refrain: C With a heart wide open, I'll go down goin' G I'd rather drown dreamin' than to stay dry hopin' F I'd rather steal time, than have mine stolen F I'd rather live Chorus: C A life I can learn with, swerve with, twist and turn with G Take a ninety mile an hour curve with F The longer I, longer I live F The more that I, more that I wish C For some friends I can sip with, take a fifth with G Find a girl I can kiss through the thin and the thick with F With the one life I get (With the one life I get) F I want a life I can live C G Not just a life I can live with (Ooh-ooh-ooh) F F Not just a life I can live with, yeah, yeah (Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh) Outro: C Ooh-ooh, yeah G Not just a life I can live with F Not just a life I can live with C* Oh-oh, yeah, yeah