G  Cadd9  Am   C    D
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B|---3----3----1----1----3---|
G|---0----0----2----0----2---|
D|---0----2----2----2----0---|
A|---2----3----0----3----0---|
E|---3----0----0----0----0---|


Intro: G, Cadd9

   G                               Cadd9
He prays his eyes stay open on the long and lonesome road
   G                                       Cadd9
He lives his life through daydreams of the girl he had known before
   G                                   Cadd9
He laughs about his wasted life, turns off the radio
           G                     Cadd9
There's no use in being angry so long as he makes it home


            Am  C       G                  D
He sings "If I, I could turn this around tonight
    Am       C        G              D
I'd drive, drive back to my old town life
         Em           C           G                  D
And when I say that I miss you, I know it don't mean much
    Am                         C
But I'll see you again, my Lorelei
D   G      Cadd9
I, I will, I will"


   G                                            Cadd9
He pulls the brake of his big rig and gives his boss his last regards
        G                                      Cadd9
Takes a Greyhound back to his hometown, to the steps of her old front yard
     G                                     Cadd9
He's sent to Graveyard Boulevard, where he finds her at the top of the hill
   G                                         Cadd9
He mouths the words "Will you marry me?" Her tombstone reads "I will"


            Am  C          G                  D
He sings "If I, I could've asked you out that night
         Am              C         G                     D
I'd have led a different life, and maybe you would be my wife
    Em             C                  G                  D
But now I sit here missing you, and I know it don't mean much
    Am                         C
But I'll see you again, my Lorelei
D   G      Cadd9    G      Cadd9
I, I will, I will, I will, I will"


   G                                     Cadd9
He ain't scared of death, he greets the end
   G                                     Cadd9
He ain't scared of death, he greets the end
   G                                     Cadd9
He ain't scared of death, he greets the end
   G                                     Cadd9
He ain't scared of death, he greets the end
      G      Cadd9
Well I will, I will
      G      Cadd9
Well I will, I will
      G
Well I will, I will