Guitar 1 Guitar 2 ------------------ ------------------| ------------------ ------------------| ------------------ ------6-----------| ----6-7-6--------- 6-7-9---9-7-6---6-| 7-9-------9-7-6-7- --------------9---| ------------------ ------------------| Verso 1: We took the freeway out of town We found a place to settle down We bought a driveway and a swingset and a dog You got your very own bathroom I got my very own workshop in the basement We sit around staring at the wall-to-wall Take field trips to our favorite mall Waiting for the day when all the kids grow up and leave us here If you need me I'll be downstairs With the shop vac You can call but I probably won't hear you Because it's loud with the shop vac on (for heaven's sake it's really loud with the shop vac on) But you'll be OK Cause you'll be upstairs With the TV You can cry and I probably won't hear you Because it's loud with the shop vac on Verso 2: We hung a flag above the door Checked out the gourmet grocery store I bought a mower I can ride around the yard But we haven't got real friends And now even the fake ones have stopped calling Maybe if you forget to hide the keys I'll take a ride to Applebee's I'll come home drunk on daiquiris and throw up on the neighbor's lawn If you need me I'll be downstairs With the shop vac You can call but I probably won't hear you Because it's loud with the shop vac on (for heaven's sake it's really loud with the shop vac on) But you'll be OK Cause you'll be upstairs With the TV You can cry and I probably won't hear you Because it's loud with the shop vac on Ponte: I like the Starbucks here that's better than the other one Cause the other one's not as good They really need to put a light there cause it's hard to turn It's hard to make a left turn (Solo) Verso 3: And when it's time to go to bed I'm still awake inside my head I'm floating up above the house and looking down I guess I gotta go back there I guess there never was any other answer And as the freeway hums the cars go by The headlights roll across the sky Many miles away but I can see them speeding through the dark If you need me I'll be downstairs With the shop vac You can call but I probably won't hear you Because it's loud with the shop vac on (for heaven's sake it's really loud with the shop vac on) But you'll be OK Cause you'll be upstairs With the TV You can cry and I probably won't hear you Because it's loud with the shop vac on

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