Intro: G
[G]Her husband left on Saturday for a woman that was half her age
[Cadd9]Sunday she just stayed in bed with the covers pulled over her head
[G]But on Monday morning she woke up and loaded up her pick-up truck.
[Cadd9]Took one last look at her old life then [G]hit the gas, and said goodbye
in her f[Am]aded jeans and her old b[C]aseball cap.
All she [Am]knows for sure, she ain't c[D]omin back.
[G]This isn't how she thought, [Em7]she'd ever spend this day
[Cadd9]sitting be[D]hind the wheel, on the [G]interstate.
[G]40 was quite alright, but [Em7]she's changing roads tonight.
and[Cadd9] it's such a b[D]ittersweet way to [Am]celebrate.
C D (no chord) G
She's turning 50 today.
[G]She left that Oklahoma town, the only world she had know till now,
[Cadd9]And memories of those 20 years
[G]She watched them in her rear-view mirror [Am]fade away
oh, but [C]that?s all right
Yeah, t[Am]his could be the time of her [D]life.
[G]This isn't how she thought, [Em7]she'd ever spend this day
[Cadd9]sitting beh[D]ind the wheel, on the [G]interstate.
[G]40 was quite alright, but [Em7]she's changing roads tonight.
and [Cadd9]it's such a [D]bittersweet way to [Am]celebrate.
[C]She's turning [D]50 today. [G]
[G]Oh, her windows are down.
[Em7]And the wind blows her hair
[Cadd9]Where she goes, [D]could be anywhere.
Solo: G / Em7 / Cadd9 / D / G
[G]40 was quite alright, but [Em7]she's changing roads tonight
[Cadd9]tomorrow's a m[D]ystery oh, and [Em7]she can't wait.
[Cadd9]She's turning [D]50,
[Em7]She's turning [Cadd9]50,
Cadd9 D (no chord) G
She's turning 50 today.
[G]Her husband left on Saturday for a woman that was half her age
[Cadd9]Sunday she just stayed in bed with the covers pulled over her head
[G]But on Monday morning she woke up and loaded up her pick-up truck.
[Cadd9]Took one last look at her old life then [G]hit the gas, and said goodbye
in her f[Am]aded jeans and her old b[C]aseball cap.
All she [Am]knows for sure, she ain't c[D]omin back.
[G]This isn't how she thought, [Em7]she'd ever spend this day
[Cadd9]sitting be[D]hind the wheel, on the [G]interstate.
[G]40 was quite alright, but [Em7]she's changing roads tonight.
and[Cadd9] it's such a b[D]ittersweet way to [Am]celebrate.
C D (no chord) G
She's turning 50 today.
[G]She left that Oklahoma town, the only world she had know till now,
[Cadd9]And memories of those 20 years
[G]She watched them in her rear-view mirror [Am]fade away
oh, but [C]that?s all right
Yeah, t[Am]his could be the time of her [D]life.
[G]This isn't how she thought, [Em7]she'd ever spend this day
[Cadd9]sitting beh[D]ind the wheel, on the [G]interstate.
[G]40 was quite alright, but [Em7]she's changing roads tonight.
and [Cadd9]it's such a [D]bittersweet way to [Am]celebrate.
[C]She's turning [D]50 today. [G]
[G]Oh, her windows are down.
[Em7]And the wind blows her hair
[Cadd9]Where she goes, [D]could be anywhere.
Solo: G / Em7 / Cadd9 / D / G
[G]40 was quite alright, but [Em7]she's changing roads tonight
[Cadd9]tomorrow's a m[D]ystery oh, and [Em7]she can't wait.
[Cadd9]She's turning [D]50,
[Em7]She's turning [Cadd9]50,
Cadd9 D (no chord) G
She's turning 50 today.
