Intro: FCAmG/B
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FCAmG/B
He's still driving that 1970 hand-me-down truck
FCAmG/B
And he's still wearing that red and black jersey, waiting for the band to start up
FC
He's still showing up twenty late, finding hearts and rules to break
AmG/B
Why would he wanna change when
FCAmG/B
Every memory still bows to him?
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FC
But this ain't high school
AmG/BF
Where all you care about is if the pretty cheerleader thinks you're cool,
CAmG/B
See her Friday, take her out after the football game
FCAmG/B
'Cause it's five years later and you can't get off of the elevator
FC
That's going up, 'cause you're growing up
AmG/BFCAmG/B
And the world gets cruel when you're still living in high school
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FCAmG/B
He's still calling that first love, first time, pretty-eyed blonde
FCAmG/B
And she's still letting it ring 'cause his ring isn't what she wants
FCAmG/B
'Cause she traded in prom queen for a big city dream and a slate that's clean, but
FC
Your heart just don't get it and that's why you can't forget it
AmG/B
'Cause you're living like you're seventeen
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FC
But this ain't high school
AmG/BF
Where all you care about is if the pretty cheerleader thinks you're cool,
CAmG/B
See her Friday, take her out after the football game
FCAmG/B
'Cause it's five years later and you can't get off of the elevator
FC
That's going up, 'cause you're growing up
AmG/B
And the world gets cruel when
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AmG/BCG
You're still living in the hallways, where everybody stopped and stared
Am
And cared and knew your name
G/BCG
'Cause this is the real world that don't know you like that
AmG/B
You can remember but you can't go back
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FC
To high school
AmG/BF
Where all you care about is if the pretty cheerleader thinks you're cool,
CAmG/B
See her Friday, take her out after the football game
FCAmG/B
'Cause it's five years later and you can't get off of the elevator
FC
That's going up, 'cause you're growing up
AmG/BFC
And the world gets cruel when you're still living in high school
AmG/BFCAmG/B
When you're still living in, five years later
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FCAmG/B
Oh yeah, oh yeaaaeehh
FCAm
He's still calling that first love, first time, and he hates that he said goodbye
G/BFC
And she went on with her life, he's still driving the same old back roads
AmG/B
When did he got so old, where did his life go?
FCAmG/B
Oh, but he knows, oh he knows, yeah he knows
FCAmG/B
That this ain’t high school, oh no
FCAmG/BFCAmG/B
He's still driving that 1970 hand-me-down truck and he’s stuck in high school
F
But this ain’t high school
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.