The Further I Go

Cadd9 G D G Cadd9 G D G The streets of my home town, ain't my home now Cadd9 G D G I’m one last cigarette teenager, wasted on the town Cadd9 G D G Cadd9 G My friends all took to fentanyl, or fatherhood or felony D That could've been me Cadd9 G D G The streets of my home town, sleep well at night Cadd9 G D G I'm pacing up and down those same old faded traffic lines Cadd9 G D G My parents’ home stays dark past 12, and the public parks outside Cadd9 G D And I ain't been back since my dog Jasper died Cadd9 G Tell me how we got so distant D G I was just a kid causing trouble like a minute go Cadd9 G Sneaking out and hoping no one would know D But the further I go, the harder it hits me Cadd9 G And know that I regret this distance D G It took all I had just to pick up and leave Cadd9 Yeah that could've been me G And it's always close D But the further I go Cadd9 G D The harder it hits me when I come back home Cadd9 G D The harder it hits me when I come back home Cadd9 G D G These high school halls where I come from seem small Cadd9 G D G I'm drinking in the parking lot behind the shopping mall Cadd9 G D G My friends they took to fentanyl, or having kids before 18 Cadd9 G D And now it's been too long for me to call Cadd9 G Tell me how we got so distant D G I was just a kid causing trouble like a minute go Cadd9 G Sneaking out and hoping no one would know D But the further I go, the harder it hits me Cadd9 G And know that I regret this distance D G It took all I had just to pick up and leave Cadd9 Yeah that could've been me G And it's always close D But the further I go Cadd9 G D The harder it hits me when I come back home Cadd9 G D The harder it hits me when I come back home Cadd9 G D The streets of my home town, ain't my home now Cadd9 G D I’m one last cigarette teenager, wasted on the town Cadd9 G Tell me how we got so distant D G I was just a kid causing trouble like a minute go Cadd9 G Sneaking out and hoping no one would know D But the further I go, the harder it hits me Cadd9 G And know that I regret this distance D G It took all I had just to pick up and leave Cadd9 Yeah that could've been me G And it's always close D But the further I go Cadd9 G D The harder it hits me when I come back home Cadd9 G D The harder it hits me when I come back home Cadd9 The harder it hits me when I come back home