Boy Needs A Bike

Artist: Jewel Kilcher Taken from: Jewel Unplugged on MTV Transcribed by: Rok Osojnik ([email protected]) Song is played in standard tuning Chords used: e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0-- B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0-- G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0-- D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2-- A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2-- E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0--             Pop works in the shop til eight    Mom’s on the phone and she’s kind of irate    Sally’s doing sommersaults on the lawn               Pop slams open the front screen door    Just to scare mom    She says "What the hell did you do that for?"    He washes his dirty hands in the sink                And things around the table are kind of rough    Mom says it’s pa    Pa says "Times are just tough"    Me and Sally don’t say much of nothing at all                 The garage door light brightens up the night    Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight    As though he could figure out that woman by working on that    old car                He said a car can cure any problem at all    Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small    But I wish he’d put me and Sally in the backseat and    drive us away                That’s when he sits me down he said he’s gonna teach me about life    He said "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"    I got my first taste of freedom      beneath the light of the moon                 But if it were me    I’d have the guts    I’d put to test   those bolts        and nuts    And I’d Ride    Away   so fast so far    Put away our tools    We go back inside    Mom feels left out and now she’s starting to cry    I wonder if all girls are crazy this way                   I wish pops would just get a spine    I said I know it’s little but you can borrow mine    He just smiles and says "Your mom means well son"                Most times are good it’s just some that are lame    But love makes up for those times in beteween    He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma’s hand      said one day I’d understand    But if it were me    I’d have the guts    I’d put to test      those bolts       and nuts    And I’d Ride    Away   so fast so far    Ride  Away   so fast so far    Ride  Away (end on with upward strum)  If you have any corrections comments opinions or problems then feel free to email me at [email protected]