Chords for 16th Avenue

_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
From the corners of the country, [D] from the cities and [G] the farms
[Em] With years and years [C] of living tucked [G] up underneath [D] their arms
[Em] They walk away [C] from everything [G] just to see a dream [C] come true
So [G] God bless the boys [Em] who make the noise on 16th [G] Avenue
_ With a million dollar spirit [D] and an old flat top [G] guitar
[Em] They drive to town [C] _ [G] in a hundred [D] dollar car
[Em] One time someone [C] told them [G] about a friend of a friend [C] they knew
[G] Who owns, you know, a studio on 16th Avenue
_ _ Now some are born to money, they [D] never had to say [G] survive
[Em] And others [C] swing a nine pound [G] hammer just to stay alive
[Em] There's cowboys, drunks [C] and Chris Johns, [G] mostly white and black and [C] blue
They both dial the phone, [Em] collect to home from 16th [G] Avenue
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ But then one night in some empty room where [D] no curtains ever hung
[Em] Like a miracle [C] some golden words [G] wrote off of [D] someone's tongue
[Em] And after years of [C] being nothing they're [G] all looking right at [C] you
And [G] then for a while [Em] they'll go in style [C] on 16th [G] Avenue
It _ looks so uneventful, [D] so quiet and [G] discreet
[Em] But a lot of lives [C] were changed down on [G] that little one [D]-way street
[Em] Cause they walk away [C] from everything [G] just to see a dream [C] come true
[G] So God bless the [Em] boys who make the noise on 16th [G] Avenue
From _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ the corners of the country, [D] from the cities and the farms
[Em] With years and [C] years of _ [G] _
[D] underneath their arms
[Em] They walk away from [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ the boys who make the noise on 16th Avenue
[Em] _ _