The fingerpicking pattern goes like this: GDED/F# |----3---3---3----|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-| |----3---3---3----|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-| |-----------------|--------------|--------------|----------0---| |----------0------|----------0---|----------0---|------2-------| |------2----------|------0-------|------2-------|--3-----------| |--3--------------|--2-----------|--0-----------|--------------| Intro: GDEm7C GDEm7C G D/F# Em7 C At night when I'm out riding G D/F# Em7C Along the dark highway G D/F# Em7 C I get a feeling inside me G D/F# Em7C To throw all that I have away. G D/F# Em7 C And I'll leave all this behind me G D/F# Em7C Like that job that I had in the day G D/F# Em7 C All the black dressing soul testing lovers and liars G D/F# Em7C And the speeding tickets I never pay (Interlude, mostly just strumming these chords:) CCGDEDGD/F# G D/F# Em7 C Do you believe in love at first sight G D/F# EmC As a matter of fact I do G D/F# Em7 C Every time that I open my eyes G D/F# Em7 C That saying comes true G D/F# Em7 C Cause I see you in the laundromat G D/F# Em7 C Black Irish washerwoman in a funeral hat G D/F# Em7 C Italian ballerina on an asphalt stage G D/F# Em7 C Bleach blond born of a Victorian age Chorus: C G D/F# Em7 D/F# G D/F# America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night G D/F# Em7 C Children of Jack - we will never turn back G D/F# G as we ride away in the light. -Solo goes here- |: G D/F# Em7C :| x3 GDGF# G D/F# Em7 C And if I were to take you by force G D/F#Em C And carry you away GD/F# Em7 C Back to my bedroom G D/F# Em7 C Just for music to play G D/F# Em7 C And I'd play you the songs that I've written G D/F# Em7 C And the ones that I can't seem to write G D/F# Em7 C Maybe you'd know what you're missing G D/F# Em7 C Maybe you'd stay past the night Chorus: C G D/F# Em7 D/F# G D/F# America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night G D/F# Em7 C Children of Jack - we will never turn back G D/F# G as we ride away in the light. G D/F# Em7 C My father he built me this backpack G D/F# EC7 Just an inch or two big for real G D/F# Em7 C I'll pack my guitar and the smoke from this bar G D/F# EC7 My songs and one hot meal G D/F# Em7 C And I'll ride to the west chasing sunsets like gold G D/F# EC7 At dawn I will ride to the east G D/F# Em7 C I'll find all the friends that I've lost on the road G D/F# EmC Maybe then I'll know me some peace Chorus: C G D/F# Em7 D/F# G D/F# America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night G D/F# Em7 C Children of Jack - we will never turn back G D/F# G as we ride away in the light. G D/F# Em7 C There's so much more to this wonderful world G D/F# Cm7 Then we are sold on TV G D/F# Em7 C So tell me if you are not already dead G D/F# Cm7 That you'll come and live it with me G D/F# Em7 C Leave your college plans to your one-night stands G D/F# EC7 Your business clothes and the rest G D/F# Em7 C There's pleasure enough in your heart and your hands G D/F# EC7 Blue jeans suit you best Chorus: C G D/F# Em7 D/F# G D/F# America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night G D/F# Em7 C Children of Jack - we will never turn back G D/F# G as we ride away in the light. G D/F# Em7 C Children of Jack - we will never turn back G D/F# G as we ride away in the light.