Cadillac Dreams

| D5 | % | D5 When I was seventeen, found out just what it means C5 If you can get it free, it just ain't worth a damn D5 When I heard the preacher say, don't throw your life away C5 D5 I got that message, and I wrote it on the wall G5 D5 Well, I don't want anybody tellin' me lies, no, I don't want your diamond ring C5 'Cause you ain't got my size D5 I want money, money, that's what I need, G5 C5 A7 I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me C5 D5 G5 C5 Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me D5 Cadillac dreams, Cadillac dreams D5 When I had the young boy blues, I paid some young boy dues C5 I learned the hard way, there's a heartbreak every day D5 Stone cold reality came crashing down on me C5 D5 Well life was hard on me, but I still don't give a damn G5 When I was seventeen I was an angry young man C5 D5 C5 But I won't let just anybody tell me who I am D5 I want money, money, that's what I need, G5 C5 A7 I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me C5 D5 G5 C5 Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me C5 D5 Didn't have the time of day, till this dream was born G5 C5 G5 You can't take that away, you can't take that away from me | G5 | % | % | % | | D5 | % | % | % | | C5 | % | % | % | Yeah, now dig this... D5 When I was seventeen, there was this beauty queen C5 Checked in a one room suite, the back seat of my car G5 When you want all the best things money can buy A7 C5 You gotta reach down inside of you, to reach up to the sky D5 I want money, money, that's what I need, G5 C5 A7 I got Cadillac dreams, please mister don'tcha take it from me C5 D5 G5 C5 Give me money, money, more than I need, I got Cadillac dreams waitin' on me D5 Money, money, that's what I need C5 We're drivin' in my Chevy with my Cadillac dreams C5 Someday, one day, just you and me G5 C5 D5 We'll ride inside these Cadillac dreams (Rpeat and fade)