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     Dm                           Gm
xA -|0----------0-----------|----|---------8--------8--|
xE -|------8-10-------8-10--|----|-------9--------9----|
xC -|-----------------------|----|-----9--------9------|
xG -|----9----------9-------|----|-7-------7-----------|

Intro (x4): Am

Chorus:
Dm
Steady, steady,
    Dm
You know when you're ready
Gm
It's a long road walking into the sun
    Gm
The heat can make you lose your head, your sense of direction
   Dm
Oh steady, steady
Dm
I am ready to be the...

Verse 1:
Dm
one
Dm
I can take for better but for worse can't condone
Dm                                                      Gm
Most of all for good just makes me ache to be alone, oh uh  oh uh
    Dm
How long is forever?
    Dm
I'm swimming in the dress like a child in her mother's clothes
     Dm                                                         Gm
This ring around my finger's like a chain around my throat,  oh uh  oh uh
                    Dm
Are you so sure you tamed me?

Chorus:
Dm
Steady, steady,
    Dm
You know when you're ready
Gm
It's a long road walking into the sun
    Gm
The heat can make you lose your head, your sense of direction
   Dm
Oh steady, steady
Dm
I am ready to ...

Verse 2:
Dm
run...
   Dm
We talked about the west by packing up our lives and hopes
      Dm                                                    Gm
Ain't it a shame with time our dreams turned into jokes, oh uh  oh uh
                 Dm
I won't let that be us
   Dm
Nostalgic for the good times like our dreams walked out on us
        Dm                                                    Gm
Like we woke up in an empty bed here, and now, and stuck,  oh uh  oh uh
                       Dm
I'll chase them down a-lone

Verse 3:
Dm
Don't just watch me go, you fool
Dm                         Gm       Dm
Run with me, keep up, keep up, keep up
Dm
It's not you I'm leaving
Dm
Are you listening?
                      Gm       Dm
I just can't take the rut, the rut

Verse 4:
Dm                 Dm
I won't say I do, 'til you promise me
     Gm                             Dm
That though we're gray, we can stay young, and wild, and free
Dm
Young and wild and free
           Gm                 Dm
And if you can't, don't blame me
           Gm                 Dm
And if you can't, don't blame me
           Gm                 Dm
And if you can't, don't blame me

Chorus:
Dm
Steady, steady,
    Dm
You know when you're ready
Gm 
It's a long road walking into the sun
    Gm 
The heat can make you lose your head, your sense of direction
   Dm
Oh steady, steady,
Dm
We weren't ready
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