The World In 1984

Am G F C Db Dm Bb Am D Am G F C Db Dm Bb Am D Am G "When our column advanced F C And we saw what we have done Db Dm Bb We were sure that we could never tell Am D The folks back home," Am G Said my father to me F C I had just turned sixteen Db Dm Bb And we were walking from my school Am D To his apartment alone And he said Dm C E7 Am "You'd think the world you are in would always remain C D G But some worlds can just disappear Dm C E7 Am Some worlds you enter just for seconds at a time C D G And some last until you are forgiven." Am G F C Db Dm Bb Am D Am G F C When my mother and me take the drive into town Db Dm Bb Am D I can't tell if she's lost in thought or lost where we are Am G F C She turns the radio to 92 Star Db Dm Bb Am D Where Ronnie Milsap sings what he would not have missed it for And she says Dm C E7 Am "What do you think you're gonna do with your life?" And I say C D G "You've got to teach me to drive" Dm C She just laughs at that E7 Am And musses my hair and says C D G "Kid you're lucky to be alive." Am G F C Db Dm Bb Am D