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
          Am     G
When we finally made it.

   F                  C
To Talladega, boys raised up,
 Am               G               F
Whiskey in your glass, here's to turning up,
  C               Am               G
Slowing down 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, Talladega. 

F C Am G

    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,
    F                    G
til the Alabama sun was breaking.

       F               C
Over Talladega, boys raised up,
 Am               G                F
Whiskey in your glass, here's to turning up,
  C               Am                G
Slowing down 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, Talladega.

F C Am G (x2)

    F                          C
When the winds go cold and it blows October,
    Am               G  
I think about us shoulder to shoulder,
  F                     C                  Am
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                 F
Whiskey in your glass, here's to turning up,
  C               Am                G
Slowing down 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, Talladega 

F (X4)