3Rd Gear & 17 Chords by Aaron Watson

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_ _ [C] I held the keys to that old [Em] Chevrolet _ [D] And you held the [G] keys to my heart
I'd throw [C] a fit, hit the dash, get out and kick the tire
When [D] that old piece of junk wouldn't [G] start [C] [G] It'd be [C] smokin' good, I'd slam down the hood
[D] Just to see you there laughin' [G] at me [Am] [G] On the [C] other side of a dirty windshield
Lookin' [D] as pretty as you [G] could be We [Am] short-saw a [Em] lot of miles
Never [D] even crossed that county [G] line I [Am] would've bet the [Em] farm gave you my right arm
[C] So you'd [G] always be mine Did we [Am] crash, burn, or [Em] make a wrong turn
[D] Or run out of [G]
gasoline _ I [Am] lost you around [D] third gear in [C] seventeen _ _ _
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_ _ In [C] the blink of an eye, high school flew [G] by You [D] went your way and I went [G] _ mine
But we [C] swore we'd make it Our love could take it
Four [D] hundred miles could stand [G] the test of time
Well, [C] I left that fall to play college ball But [D] my dreams would all come to [G] an end
Cause you [C] know the big leagues never call And you [D] wouldn't fail in love [G] with him
We short [Am]-saw a lot [Em] of miles Never [D] even crossed that [G] county line
I [Am] would've bet the [Em] farm gave you my right arm [C] So you'd [G] always be mine
Did we [Am] crash, burn, [Em] or make a wrong turn [D] Or run out of _
[G] gasoline
I [Am] lost you around [D] third gear in _ [C] seventeen _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Memories flash through my mind [Am] like old faded _ photographs
I [C] still think about you and that red Malibu And I just can't help but laugh
We [Am] short-saw [Em] a lot of miles Never [D] even crossed that [G] county line
I [Am] would've bet the [Em] farm gave you my right arm [C] So you'd always [G] be mine
Did [Am] we crash, burn, [Em] or make a wrong [D] turn Or run out of [G] gasoline
I [Am] lost you around [D] third gear in [C] seventeen _ _
_ Love _ [D] broke down around third gear and [G] [C] seventeen _ _
_ I [D] lost you around third gear and [C] seventeen _ _
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