Verse 1 C C7 F I always go the other way but my car drove me down today C G To a little house on the older side of town C F Back when things were never hard I used to play there in that yard C G C C And I just drove by to see if things had changed Verse 2 C C7 F Cokes were just a nickel then and across the street at the Five and Ten C G G7 A lot of things were cheap and square and strange C C7 F And the life that we had might have been but it was one we loved believing in C G C C And I just drove by to see if things had changed CHORUS: G C F C I wondered now if love is still the way it was back then D7 G G7 I need to know that life is still a place worth living in C C7 F There it is just like it was a house where there was always love C G C C And I just drove by to see if things had changed Guitar Solo Interlude: follow chords for one verse Verse 3 C C7 In a world that seen it's better days F C it's good to know some things remain the same C G Though standing still is not times way C C7 F Take to heart while in it's spring that love is just a fragile thing C G C C And I just drove by to see if things have changed CHORUS: G C F C I wondered now if love is still way it was back then D7 G G7 I need to know that life is still a place worth livin' in C C7 F There it is just like it was a house where there was always love C G C F I just drove by to see if things had changed C G C FC I just drove by to see if things had changed