Sugarland - Speed of Life
CAPO 1
Intro - D - G - D - Em - D/F# - G
(Verse 1)
D G
We drove all night to get to Corpus Christi
D
My parents slept right through
G
They never missed me
Em7
We were far from sleepin'
G
When the truth began to creep in
Em7 G - A
That we weren't goin' home anytime soon
(Verse 2)
D G
The mornin' light sure took us by surprise
D
We grabbed our clothes
G
Watched a beautiful sunrise
Em7
We were one together
G
And we must have talked forever
Em7 G A
And it was then and there I realized that
(Chorus)
D G
I don't want to wait even one more night
D G
It's hard to slow it down when it feels so right
D G
Knees buckled, white knuckled
Em7
We're holdin' on tight (holdin' on tight)
G A D
(We're) travelin' at twice the speed of life
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
D Em - D/F# - G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah yeah)
(Verse 3)
We worked our way through college waitin' tables
Bought a little white house with a picket fence and cable
I asked if he was ready
To become a Mom and Daddy
And then I found my answer in his eyes
And he said,
(Chorus)
D G
I don't want to wait even one more night
D G
It's hard to slow it down when it feels so right
D G
Knees buckled, white knuckled
Em7
We're holdin' on tight (holdin' on tight)
G A D
(We're) travelin' at twice the speed of life
(Bridge)
C
Now, our oldest girl is almost grown
G
She's got a boyfriend of her own
Em7 Asus4-A
I heard her sneakin' out with him last night
G
And if she's anything like me
D
She's desperate to be wild and free
G Asus4-A
We know now it's just a matter of time
'Til she says...
(Chorus)
D G
I don't want to wait even one more night
D E5 F#5 G5 - A5 <---walk
It's hard to slow it down when it feels so right
D G
Knees buckled, white knuckled
Em
We're holdin' on tight (holdin' on tight)
G A D
(We're) travelin' at twice the speed of life
D G
I don't want to wait even one more night
D G
It's hard to slow it down when it feels so right
D G
Knees buckled, white knuckled
Em7
We're holdin' on tight (holdin' on tight)
G A D
(We're) travelin' at twice the speed of life
D
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
D Em - D/F# - G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah yeah)
D
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah)
D Em - D/F# - G
(Yea, yea, yeah yeah yeah)
