[Intro] G  D  C  G
        G  D  C  G

[First Part]

G           D              C
Queen size mattress on an old wood oak
G
Floor
G            D                C
And I don't see the need in closin' a
       G
Screen door
G                 D              C
I wanna hear the birds when the day
         G
Finally comes
   G           D              C
I fear all my days of bein' young are
 G          D          G
Done, we're only just begun

[Segunda Parte]

     G          D           C
How close can a man come to God before
 G
Dyin'?
          G           D         C
About as close as you were when you were
  G
Tryin'
    G            D
To shade the sun from your eyes on the
 C            G
Creek's edge darlin'
         G                D
There's a bar 'round the bend a man is
  C            G
Bendin' blues guitarin'

[Chorus]

                 C   G
When the day is done
                 D              Em
And those neon lights call you home
                        C
You'll be beggin' of a Saviour to let
    G
You save her
     D                  Em
The sad times of twenty-so
                    C      G
When the night is through
                      D              Em
And those American girls are headed home
                           C
You'll be beggin' of your Saviour to let
     G
You save her
           D                   Em
From the sweet nights of twenty-so

( G  D  C  G )
( G  D  C  G )

[Terceira Parte]

      G         D            C
And I know how hard it is to love a boy
    G
Like me
         G            D
With my dry sense of humour and my
 C             G
Reckless tendencies
    G        D            C
But not all labour's done with hardened
G
Hands
           G             D
You been chompin' at the bit, just to
C              G
Love an honest man

[Chorus]

                 C   G
When the day is done
                 D              Em
And those neon lights call you home
                        C
You'll be beggin' of a Saviour to let
    G
You save her
     D                  Em
The sad times of twenty-so
                    C      G
When the night is through
                      D              Em
And those American girls are headed home
                           C
You'll be beggin' of your Saviour to let
     G
You save her
           D                   Em
From the sweet nights of twenty-so

( C  G  D  Em )
( C  G  D  Em )
( C  G  D  Em )
( C  G  D  Em )

[Chorus]

                     C   G
So when the day is done
                 D              Em
And those neon lights call you home
                            C
You'll be beggin' for your Saviour to
        G
Let you save her
      D                   Em
The savage times of twenty-so
                    C      G
When the night is through
                      D              Em
And those American girls are headed home
                           C
You'll be beggin' of your Saviour to let
     G
You save her
           D                   Em
From the sweet nights of twenty-so