Started A Band

32 count Intro I turned sixteen got a brand new six-string Haggard and Hank, Sting and Springsteen Peelin' the paint every chance I got Daddy said "You're pretty good, but it's tough out there Now 'Stairway To Heaven' won't get ya anywhere Otta cut your hair, and get a real job." Chorus 1: So I started a band, and we got out of dodge In a Dodge van with no exhaust Got high off the fumes, but we played our tunes Ain't no one gonna say I can't Yeah, I started a band, stared a band Started a band and I met a girl Sang my songs and rocked her world Goin' strong but out of the blue one day She said "I can't love a music man" So I dropped my dream and sold my amp But I'll be damned if she didn't leave me anyway Chorus 2: So I stared a band, with a couple new guys We played those same ol' dives Yeah, we never sold gold, okay, we never sold Ain't no one gonna say I can't Yeah, I started a band, started a band But the lead picker always played too loud And him and the drummer had a fallin' out Bass man stayed out of it and just got drunk I was Nashville bound, my dreams were bigger I knocked 'em out they just couldn't pull the trigger And that's Nashville speak for I stunk, as a solo man Chorus 3: So I started a band, we play what we like On a stage that's eight feet wide But I got my pride, and I got my van I kept who I am, I started a band Started a band, can't get this guitar out my hand Yeah I started a band