Cross The World

Bb F C Bb F C Bb F We had no idea what we were in for Bb F 3 boys trying to grow up strong Bb F Gm But we all found great comfort in music C And the journey that carried us along Bb F We bought an old van, borrowed a drum set Bb F Got a $40 dollar bass from the farm next door Bb F Gm Met a French Canadian in Rhode Island C Who told us to keep our sticks down, keep our heads up, and get a lil something for Bb F And we were trying to cross the world C Dm We were trying to cross the world Bb F C We were trying to cross the world for what we had found Bb F C Bb F Dropped the tranny in Effingham, Illinois Bb F Stealing gasoline in the freezing cold Bb Once teenage friends F Gm Now struggling with the place where the sidewalk ends So we said goodbye in Boston C With that dirty water rolling on Bb F And we were trying to cross the world C Dm We were trying to cross the world Bb F C We were trying to cross the world for what we had found Bb F And we were trying to cross the world C Dm We were trying to cross the world Bb F C We were trying to cross the world for what we had found Bb F Dm C Am Dm Bb F C Dm Am But then you all came out in New York Bb F For a country that was so far away Dm Am Bb I'€™ll tell you, I'€™ll tell you, there'€™s an Elias in Zimbabwe C Who is smiling to know that his message did not fade away Bb F And now we'€™re trying to cross the world C Dm We were trying to cross the world Bb F C We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found Bb F We'€™re trying (ooh) C Dm We'€™re trying (ooh) Bb F C We'€™re trying (ooh) Bb F We'€™re trying (ooh) C Dm We'€™re trying (ooh) Bb F C We'€™re trying (ooh) Bb F We were trying to cross the world C Dm We were trying to cross the world Bb F C We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found Bb F C