[Intro]
Am F C G
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[Verse 1]
Am F
I was eight years old in a world smaller than my hands
C G
The only pain I known was a concrete scrape back then
Am F
Till my brother told me it's time to grow up and be a man
C G
'Cause daddy build a home with someone else, somewhere else in the state
Am F
Oh, I'm tryin' now
C G
Tendin' to it without you but I'm findin' out
[Chorus]
Am F
I learned when it all gets low how to hold my head up higher
C G
I learned how to change my fate despite the way I'm wired
Am
But I'm on the side of the road and I'm all alone
F
With this flat ripped out reminder
C
That you left and let us down
G Am F
And you never showed me how to change a tire..
C G
To change a tire, you never showed me how
[Verse 2]
Am F
To really love someone without the fear they're gonna let me go
C
How to stay and not run
G
But thanks to you that's the love I know
Am F
I see you in my face, but I got my mother's heart
C G
I love the light I make, but there's always a missin' part
[Chorus]
Am F
I learned when it all gets low how to hold my head up higher
C G
I learned how to change my fate despite the way I'm wired
Am
But I'm on the side of the road and I'm all alone
F
With this flat ripped out reminder
C
That you left and let us down
G Am F
And you never showed me how to change a tire..
C
How to change a tire
G Am
Oh-oh, you never showed me how
F C G
You never showed me how, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
[Outro]
Am F
You never showed me how, you never showed me how
C
You never showed me how
G Am
..Oh-oh-oh...