G C
There's trouble where I'm going but I'm gonna go there anyway
D G
I hate sunday mornings 'cause they always seem to start this way
G C
I'm looking for a lighter, I already bought the cigarettes
D G
Guess I picked me up a habit on my way out of Lafayette
G C
Eastbound and down, I turn it up 'cause that's sure how I feel
D G
My mind is racing through the pines, my hands are shaky on the steering wheel
G C
I'm going north on 59 but I know good and well, I'm headed south
D G
'Cause me and Birmingham don't have a history of working out
[Chorus]
C
What I lost in Louisiana I found back in Alabama
Em
But nobody ever taught me how to stay
G D G
It ain't love that I'm chasing but I'm running just in case
[Verse 2]
G C
I ain't unpacked my suitcase since the day that I turned twenty one
D G
It's been a long ten years since then, it's getting kinda cumbersome
G C
The first one and the last one and the one that's got my name in ink
D G
The smoker and the fighter and the one in every song I sing
[Chorus]
C
What I lost in Lubbock, Texas, I looked for in all the rest
Em
But I guess no one ever taught me how to stay
G D G
It ain't love that I'm chasing but I'm running just in case
[Instrumental]
C Em C D
[Outro]
G C
I carried him around with me, I don't mind having scars
D G
Happiness ain't prison but there's freedom in a broken heart
