Boxes

C G D G One, two, three C G D G C G D G I found boxes of first CDs tryin' to get my office clean C G D B Em C Took ten years of folks givin' them to me 'til I sat down C G D G And I saw hesitant poses and torn up jeans C G D G In cover photos friends took for free C G D B Em C For the six minute songs, and all their lifelong dreams the world turned down Em C G D They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh Em C G D When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home Em D C G I'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream Em D C Thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah) G D C G D C C G D G On through this Rolodex of railroad tracks and fresh-cut hair C G D G I see Joy who won some Grammys and is now a millionaire C G D B Em C Looks different now than she does right there, but that's how it goes C G D G As for the rest, I bet they're teachers or pastors now C G D G Pictured in jackets girlfriends picked out C G D B Em C All their hometowns turned these up, all the labels turned them down, and never wrote (whoa) Em C G D They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh Em C G D When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home Em D C G I'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream Em D C Thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah) G D C G D C C G D G A thrift store jacket and ten less pounds C G D G Lookin' like a fool in some big field with my bare feet on the ground C G D B Em C Bad song titles and worse drum sounds, I didn't know Em C G D That all my dreams had come true out here on the road Em C G D I never dreamed that I could call this life my own Em D C G Thought I'd forgotten how it feels to chase a dream Em D C G But thank God for how it feels to chase a dream Em D C And thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah) G D C G D C G