Tom: Bm
G D G
[Verse]
D G D
He was 16 tender and tough
G A7
She was too and he would do anything prove his love
G F# E D Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G A D
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
G D
Hearts caught fire and love ran wild
G A7
She cried the day she was having his child
G F# E D Bm D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G A D
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
A
There's a constant contradiction
G D
what feels good and what feels right
G D A
You live with decisions that you make in your life
G Bm
And what steers your direction is hard to understand
G A
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
[Instrumental]
D A G A
G A
Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas
D
Hauling cars out to the coast
G
It ain't the dream that he remembered
A7
a few short years ago
G
But, tonight at a truck stop
D
while drinking in a cup
G
The waitress grins and winks at him
D A
And says my shift is almost up
G F# E D Bm D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G A D
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
G F# E D Bm D
With so much riding on the choice at hand
G A D G D G D . .
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
