[Dm]I guess you could call it [C]text book
I was [Gm]looking for the father
I wanted [Dm]back
[Dm]And I thought I found it in [C]Brentwood
It seemed [Gm]only appropriate you'd easily had my [A7]back
[Dm]And then there was the [F]issue of her
I didn't even [C]like myself, or love the life I [Gm]had
And there you were with [Dm]shinin' stars
Standin' clear with [F]open arms
You touched the [C]detriment,
most of the friends I knew already [Gm]had
[Bb]You've got a Thunderbird, [F]my daddy had one too
[C]Let's rewrite his story, [Dm]I'll do this dance with you
[Bb]You know I'm not that girl
[F]You know I'll never be
[C]Maybe just the way we're [Dm]different could set me free
[Bb]And there we were, screamin' "Black Lives
[F]Matter" in a crowd by the Old Man [C]River
And I saw you saw who I [Dm]am
[Bb]God, I wish I was with my [F]father,
he could see us in all our [C]splendor
All the things I couldn't want for [Dm]him
I screamed for [Bb]them, oh, [F]oh, oh
And screamed for [C]them, [Dm]ah
[Dm]Could we do this [C]dance again?
Do you [Gm]think if I go blonde, we could get our old love [Dm]back?
[Dm]I guess this is really [C]the end
I ne[Gm]ver felt jealous before this year, but I'm jealous [A7]now
[Dm]People say we're [F]too much alive
But maybe if I lay [C]dead that would make right in the end
Of all these sleepless [Gm]nights
Other men I [Dm]met felt right
Would smile at you and [F]stick a knife
In your [F]back
Finally, I met you so I'm not wonderin' [Gm]why
[Bb]You've got a Thunderbird, [F]my daddy had one too
[C]Let's rewrite his story, [Dm]I'll do this dance with you
[Bb]You know I'm not that girl
[F]You know I'll never be
[C]Maybe just the way we're [Dm]different could set me free
[Bb]And there we were, screamin' "Black Lives
[F]Matter" in a crowd by the Old Man [C]River
And I saw you saw who I [Dm]am
[Bb]God, I wish I was with my [F]father,
he could see us in all our [C]splendor
All the things I couldn't want for [Dm]him
I screamed for [Bb]them, oh, [F]oh, oh
And screamed for [C]them, [Dm]ah
Old Man River keeps [Bb]rollin' [F]
With or without [C]him
[Dm]Old Man River [Bb]keeps rollin'
[F]Without him, oh my old man [C]
[Dm]Old Man River keeps [Bb]rol[F]lin', oh [C]