The Wall Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]
[C][G][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]They met when he was known
as hell on [C]wheels in Carolina
[G]Like a shadow mov[Gm]ing
[G]through the southern [D]pines
She was 17 years old,
he ran [C]shining a flathead Ford
[G]in the summer of [D]1959.
By the time the 60s ended,
he was [C]known across the country.
From [G]dirt tracks to Daytona,
he was [D]king.
She was right there by his side
as the [C]years went racing by
And when the [G]baby came
you know they had [D]everything
Every [G]night he calls her name
through the [A]smoke and the flames
[G]Whispered in that soft southern [A]drawl
And she [D]knows how it feels
to have her [C]hands on the wheel
She [G]wakes up right before
she hits [D]the wall
Last week their son turned 21
at a [C]hundred miles an hour
On a [G]little track somewhere in [D]Tennessee
He called to say he missed her
[C]Wished she could have been there
But he [G]understood [D]why [G]she couldn't be[D]
But the sound of his voice
Takes her [C]back to Talladega
[G]Memories come rushing like [D]a flood
There's nothing she could say
that would [C]matter anyway
Cause [G]she knows he's
got running in [D]his blood
Every [G]night he calls her name
through the [A]smoke and the flames
[G]Whispered in that soft southern [A]drawl
Now [D]she knows how it feels
to have her [C]hands on the wheel
[G]Just before she hits the wall

[Interlude 1]
[D][C]
[G][D]
[C][G][D]
[C]Every night
Every [G]night[D]
She knows how [C]we lose

[Verse 2]
She [G]wakes up [D]right before
Before she hits the wall
[D]