F                C
It was the summer before the real world started and,
   Am         G         
The deal was we would get to go, if we
F             C
Cleaned it up, and got it running,
  Am            G
Daddy's old Winnebago.


 F                  C
Wing and a prayer down 65,
 Am                    G
Five best friends on four bald tires,
        F              C
I can still see Billy smiling
                 G
When we finally made it.


        F         C
To Talladega, boys raised up,
 Am              G
Whiskey in your glass, 
          F            C
here's to turning up, slowing down 
    Am               G
and cars that go real fast,
         F                   C
We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing,
     Am               G                  F
And thinking as that checkered flag was waving,
                   G                
Sure would like to stay in, 
        F C Am G
Talladega.


F              C
Like a storm, time rolls on,
      Am              G   
You can't hit pause as we just did.
F                 C
Most days in life don't stand out,
      Am               G
But life's about those days that will, like,


F             C 
Rocking rando, getting rowdy,
Am              G              F
Shooting roman candles at the man in the moon,
           C             G    
til the Alabama sun was breaking.


         F         C
Over Talladega, boys raised up,
 Am              G
Whiskey in your glass, 
          F            C
here's to turning up, slowing down 
    Am               G
and cars that go real fast,
         F                   C
We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing,
     Am               G                  F
And thinking as that checkered flag was waving,
                   G                
Sure would like to stay in, 
        F C Am G
Talladega.


    F                                  
When the winds go cold and it blows October,
    F                            
I think about us shoulder to shoulder,
   F                                       
Like those cars my thoughts roll over and over and over,
         G
In my mind


                    F         C
Tonight i'm in Talladega, boys raised up,
 Am              G
Whiskey in your glass, 
          F            C
here's to turning up, slowing down 
    Am               G
and cars that go real fast,
         F                   C
We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing,
     Am               G                  F
And thinking as that checkered flag was waving,
                   G                
Sure would like to stay in, 
        F C Am G
Talladega.


        F C Am G
Talladega,
        F C Am G
Talladega,