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E4  B2        C        E5+     F
  A boy and a man in a backyard
E4        B2   C         E5+          F
  Working on a fastball, throwing hard
E4        B2         C          E5+    F
  Came in high and a little bit outside
E4      B2         C                E5+      F
  If it never gets dark we’ll never go inside

E4       B2 C      E5+             F
  Number 45 on the mound takes the sign
E4           B2            C             E5+          F
  Checks the runner on the third working down the line
E4          B2         C      E5+     F
  Holds his breath and closes his eyes
E4       B2         C                E5+      F
  If the game never ends we’ll never go inside

              E4  B2  C       E5+   F
Never say goodbye     to this moment
               E4  B2 C       E5+     F
Never say good night, I never told him
E4      B2        C        E5+      F
I can’t walk this road all on my own
E4       B2            C        E5+  F
Don’t go inside, don’t leave me      alone

E4  B2        C        E5+     F
  A boy and a dog in a backyard
E4         B2         C             E5+          F
  Watching satellites spin from the trunk of the old man’s car
E4        B2         C      E5+     F
  Takes a breath and closes his eyes
E4     B2             C                E5+      F
  If I never shut the door we’ll never go inside

              E4  B2  C       E5+   F
Never say goodbye     to this moment
               E4  B2 C       E5+     F
Never say good night, I never told him
E4      B2        C        E5+      F
I can’t walk this road all on my own
E4       B2            C        E5+  F
Don’t go inside, don’t leave me      alone
F
Alone

G                      E4                 B4    F
  Humid nights dripping    through my Virginian heart
G                         E4           B4        F
  Another night under the lights of an empty park
B4(6)                   E4            G       F
  Long walk from the gate through the parking lot
             G               E4      B2  C
Another night, not nearly as dark as I’d thought

( D  F )

E4    B2       C         E5+     F
  Old man all alone in a backyard
E4         B2          C             E5+          F
  Watching satellites spin, thinking they’re stars
E4          B2       C           E5+     F
  Does that boy ever think about my life?
E4       B2       C             E5+      F
  If you ever knew, you’d never go inside

              E4  B2  C       E5+   F
Never say goodbye     to this moment
               E4  B2 C       E5+     F
Never say good night, I never told him
E4      B2        C        E5+      F
I can’t walk this road all on my own
E4       B2            C        E5+  F
Don’t go inside, don’t leave me      alone