Upstairs, downtown
By: Toby Keith
Key of D
Intro: (slowly) D, A, G, A, D (2 times)
[D]Route 14[A], Box[D] 3[A]08, s[G]he[A] said goodbye at the cattle-guard gate,
[G]Ho[A]pi[D]n' sh[A]e would find her a place in the world
W[D]ith [A]her mi[D]nd[A] m[G]ade up and tears in her eyes, she almost made her daddy
cry[A], [G]he[A] s[D]aid, "Don't forget to call when you get there girl."
[Bm]Driving'[G] on that[D] 2-[A]lane road hopin' she might find
A [Bm]who[G]le[D] lot mo[A]re waiting up ahead than what she left behind
Chorus:
Moving' [D]up[A]stairs, [G]down[A]town, [D]li[A]fe's [G]too sho[A]rt to be hanging a-round
[D]Sh[A]e'[G]s [A]18 an[Bm]d it'[A]s [G]time she got out of (back to) the woods
S[A]he[D]'s[A] g[G]et[A]tin' out while the gettin's good
[D]All bil[A]ls[D] p[A]ai[G]d [A]and a room with a view, she's unpacked a dish or two
[G]Sh[A]e ju[D]st [A]got her phone turned on today
The[D]re[A]'s[D] a[A] big ol' world waitin' just outside as she's thumbin through
the [G]cl[A]as[G]sifides[A], loo[D]kin' for work at any old job's okay
[Bm]Drivin'[G] on tha[D]t cr[A]oss-town freeway, hopin' she might find
A [Bm]who[G]le[D] l[A]ot more waitin' up ahead than what she left behind
Chorus
M[D]an she[A] los[D]t her[A] job at the grocery store and the wolf came knocking
[G]at[A] the [G]door[A], red n[D]otice[A] said they turned off her telephone
T[D]he[A]re[D]'s n[A]ot[G]hi[A]ng left for her to do so she's packed up a thing or two,
[G]Lo[A]aded he[D]r c[A]ar down now she's headed home
[Bm]Drivin' [G]on that [D]2-l[A]ane road, hopin' she might find
A [Bm]who[G]le[D] lot mo[A]re waiting up ahead than what she left behind.
Chorus
Outro: D, A, G, A, D
By: Toby Keith
Key of D
Intro: (slowly) D, A, G, A, D (2 times)
[D]Route 14[A], Box[D] 3[A]08, s[G]he[A] said goodbye at the cattle-guard gate,
[G]Ho[A]pi[D]n' sh[A]e would find her a place in the world
W[D]ith [A]her mi[D]nd[A] m[G]ade up and tears in her eyes, she almost made her daddy
cry[A], [G]he[A] s[D]aid, "Don't forget to call when you get there girl."
[Bm]Driving'[G] on that[D] 2-[A]lane road hopin' she might find
A [Bm]who[G]le[D] lot mo[A]re waiting up ahead than what she left behind
Chorus:
Moving' [D]up[A]stairs, [G]down[A]town, [D]li[A]fe's [G]too sho[A]rt to be hanging a-round
[D]Sh[A]e'[G]s [A]18 an[Bm]d it'[A]s [G]time she got out of (back to) the woods
S[A]he[D]'s[A] g[G]et[A]tin' out while the gettin's good
[D]All bil[A]ls[D] p[A]ai[G]d [A]and a room with a view, she's unpacked a dish or two
[G]Sh[A]e ju[D]st [A]got her phone turned on today
The[D]re[A]'s[D] a[A] big ol' world waitin' just outside as she's thumbin through
the [G]cl[A]as[G]sifides[A], loo[D]kin' for work at any old job's okay
[Bm]Drivin'[G] on tha[D]t cr[A]oss-town freeway, hopin' she might find
A [Bm]who[G]le[D] l[A]ot more waitin' up ahead than what she left behind
Chorus
M[D]an she[A] los[D]t her[A] job at the grocery store and the wolf came knocking
[G]at[A] the [G]door[A], red n[D]otice[A] said they turned off her telephone
T[D]he[A]re[D]'s n[A]ot[G]hi[A]ng left for her to do so she's packed up a thing or two,
[G]Lo[A]aded he[D]r c[A]ar down now she's headed home
[Bm]Drivin' [G]on that [D]2-l[A]ane road, hopin' she might find
A [Bm]who[G]le[D] lot mo[A]re waiting up ahead than what she left behind.
Chorus
Outro: D, A, G, A, D