Bb F C Bb F C
Bb F
We had no idea what we were in for
Bb F
3 boys trying to grow up strong
Bb F Gm
But we all found great comfort in music
C
And the journey that carried us along
Bb F
We bought an old van, borrowed a drum set
Bb F
Got a $40 dollar bass from the farm next door
Bb F Gm
Met a French Canadian in Rhode Island
C
Who told us to keep our sticks down, keep our heads up, and get a lil something for
Bb F
And we were trying to cross the world
C Dm
We were trying to cross the world
Bb F C
We were trying to cross the world for what we had found
[Solo]
Bb F C
Bb F
Dropped the tranny in Effingham, Illinois
Bb F
Stealing gasoline in the freezing cold
Bb
Once teenage friends
F Gm
Now struggling with the place where the sidewalk ends
So we said goodbye in Boston
C
With that dirty water rolling on
Bb F
And we were trying to cross the world
C Dm
We were trying to cross the world
Bb F C
We were trying to cross the world for what we had found
Bb F
And we were trying to cross the world
C Dm
We were trying to cross the world
Bb F C
We were trying to cross the world for what we had found
[Solo]
Bb F Dm C Am Dm
Bb F C
Dm Am
But then you all came out in New York
Bb F
For a country that was so far away
Dm Am Bb
I'll tell you, I'll tell you, there's an Elias in Zimbabwe
C
Who is smiling to know that his message did not fade away
Bb F
And now we're trying to cross the world
C Dm
We were trying to cross the world
Bb F C
We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found
Bb F
We're trying (ooh)
C Dm
We're trying (ooh)
Bb F C
We're trying (ooh)
Bb F
We're trying (ooh)
C Dm
We're trying (ooh)
Bb F C
We're trying (ooh)
Bb F
We were trying to cross the world
C Dm
We were trying to cross the world
Bb F C
We were trying to cross the world for what we'd found
