Always Drive A Cadillac

G

[Verse 1]
           G
It was the Senior High School yearbook
    C
The class of '63
     G
I'll never forget the way you gave
     C
Your book and pen to me
       Am                 F
It was all talked out and settled
    G             C
You knew I'd understand
   Am
A girl with dreams as big as yours
     D
Just had to make some plans

[Verse 2]
     G
So I turned to your best picture:
      C
"Most likely to succeed"
    G
The only one in the whole damn book
     C
That didn't show you with me
       Am                   F
And it said that you liked inner strength
     G                    C
So I tried to be true to form
      Am
And I hid my teenage broken heart
  D
Instead I signed this poem:

[Chorus 1]
            G
"I hope you always drive a Cadillac
           C
I hope you always drink champagne
           G
I hope you always shine with the sunshine
           C
I hope you never have to face the rain
           Am                    F
Unless the clouds are lined with silver
          G                 Am
May every heart you meet be gold
            F                 G                   C
And may you find the world as kind as you've been told"

[Instrumental 1]
C Am G

[Verse 3]
        G
All the news of you that got back home
    C
Was no surprise to me
    G
You came, you saw, you conquered
         C
At every turn there were victories
        Am               F
And the men came and the men went
    G                       C
And some of them might have stayed
          Am
But their dreams weren't silk or linen
          D
And their invitations weren't engraved

[Verse 4]
       G
At the ten-year class reunion
      C
They read your personal note
      G
And enlarged your cover photograph
         C
In your full-length sable coat
        Am                    F
But the words underneath the picture
          G                C
Were what mattered most to me
          Am
There was something in between the lines
     D
That no one else could see

[Chorus 2]
            G
It said, "I always drive a Cadillac
  C
I always drink champagne
           G
And if you make time while the sun shines
        C
You can buy your way out of the rain
         Am              F
I travel fast because I go alone
     G                    Am
Everybody gets bought and sold
       F                G                   C
And I wondered if you'd really become that cold"

[Instrumental 1]
C Am G

[Instrumental 2]
F D# F G

[Verse 5]
             G
That was the last word anyone heard from you
        C
Until I got your card today
  G
A single line and signature
               C
That said "I'm coming home to stay"
         Am                 F
I wonder what life has done to you
         G                   C
I wonder why you thought of me
       Am
But if you stop by to say hello
         D
I wonder what you'll think if you see

[Chorus 3]
       G
An old ragged high school yearbook
           C
That falls open to just one page
        G
With a picture of a young girl's face
        C
Full of beauty, dreams and rage
        Am                    F
But the words underneath the picture
       G                      Am
Is the verse that's still so true
         Am
It's the one I swore no one would read
       D
Unless I showed it to you

[Chorus 4]
           G
To me, you always drive a Cadillac
      C
Your laughter is my champagne
            G
And you'll carry my heart wherever you go
     C
Even if I never see you again
           Am                   F
But if you bring it back home to me
      G                    Am
Maybe then it'll mean you know
         F                     G                  C
That the strongest love's the love that lets you go

[Instrumental]
C Am G

[Chorus 4]
           G
To me, you always drive a Cadillac
      C
Your laughter is my champagne
            G
And you'll carry my heart wherever you go
     C
Even if I never see you again
           Am                 F
But if you bring it back home to me
      G                   Am
Maybe then it'll mean you know
         F                    G                   C
That the strongest love's the love that lets you go

[Outro]
           C                       Am G
I hope you always drive a Cadillac
           C                       Am G
I hope you always drive a Cadillac