So Jersey

	  		


Intro: C  G F  x2 


verse 1: 
C         G      F 
  The sun shines brightly 
    C         G  F 
on a Jersey afternoon 
   C               G 
He walked in his parents 
F               C 
footsteps on his way 
     G     F 
home from school 
G 
  Those ties that were 
        F 
so sweet also burned 
under his feet Now 
      C 
he is ready to walk 
G F            G 
a path that is new 


Chorus 1: 
Yet he can't turn 
C   G F   G 
back   He can't turn 
C   G F   G 
back   He can't turn 
C       G    F          
back Running through 
    G     C 
the crowds He made 
       G F 
it out a live 
G       Am 
Betting everything 
G              C    G F 
  on himself tonight 
G   C    G F G 
  tonight 


verse 2: 
C                   F 
  And She's driving down 
              C 
the shore on a Jersey 
     F   C 
afternoon She's driving 
         F 
down the same old roads 
   C 
and her parents took her 
F      G 
through Hypnotized by 
those broken lines 
F 
  broken records lost 
              C 
in time She's turning 
         F            G 
down the road that is new 


Chorus 2: 
Well She can't turn 
C   G F      G 
back  No She can't turn 
C   G F         G 
back   Well She can't 
     C        G 
turn back Stepping 
F           G 
through the darkness 
C            G   F 
  It's a new day light 
G       Am 
Betting everything 
G 
  on herself 
  C    G F G 
tonight 
  C    G F G 
tonight 


Interlude: C  G F G  x2 


Bridge: 
Am 
  Stepping out of 
    C 
the Asbury Lanes in 
  G 
a midnight snow the 
             F 
Skeletons of this 
old town feels 
C 
like it's coming 
 G   Am 
alive  Riots and 
   C      G 
corruption New 
Jersey roots 
This songs for 
    F(hold) 
the keys to 
the engines of 
our growing up 


verse 3: 
                 C 
And we wanna say thanks 
             G 
to the music in our 
         Dm 
lives Forgive ourselves 
    F 
for all those lies 
C 
Send some notes 
   G 
to all the lonely 
Dm 
Don't forget we're 
F 
all one family 
C 
Thanks to the 
      G 
music in our lives 
    Dm         F 
For helping us to 
        C 
survive Lost in 
    G 
one lonely dream 
Dm 
Born to run 
F        C   F C F C F C F 
and live free 


verse 4: 
G 
  The sun shines brightly 
     F 
on us this afternoon 
           C 
Walking in our own 
            F 
footsteps A search 
              G 
for something new 


Chorus 3: 
And we can't turn 
C   G F     G 
back  No We can't 
     C   G F   G 
turn back   we can't 
     C 
turn back stepping 
F           G 
through the darkness 
C            G   F 
  It's a new day light 
      G       Am        G 
we're Betting everything 
              Am        G 
we're Betting everything 
              Am 
we're Betting everything 
G 
  on ourselves 
  C    G F G 
tonight 
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  C(hold) 
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