Intro. :  C - F - C - F

Stanza I:

        C                Bm    Am               G                F
Like a boat on the river, this bus is floatin’ down this old highway
 G7                                                   C
Lookin out the window, I think about how I got here today
 C           Bm       Am            G             F
Anyone who’s anywhere had some help gettin’ there it’s true
 G7                
And one of the reasons why I get to do the things I do


           C                        Am           F   Em       G
I met this angel with callous hands who let this boy into his band
          C                  Am           F           Em             G
Under his wing, I learned to fly on these six strings through this life
        F               C        G      G#m        Am   G
You can hear him in my playin’ although he’s gone 
      F                G              C    A
And I owe him so much more just this song 


       D              C#m    Bm     A                 G
Like a leaf that had fallen, I was driftin’ down the stream
 A7                                                    D
Mister guitar came into my life and let me build this dream
        D              C#m        Bm            A           G
His old Gretch’s still speakin’, it’s teachin’ all of us a ton
He was my (A)friend and my hero all wrapped up in one
Chorus II:
           D                  Bm                  G     F#m         A
I met this angel with callous hands who let this naïve boy into his band
          D                 Bm           G    F#m         A
Under his wing I learned to fly on these six strings into the light
       G             D         A      Bbm  Bm    A
I can still hear him playin’ although he’s gone 
      G               A                   D       G   D   G
And I owe him so much more than just this song


      A       Bm             G       F#m
Every fake we see from every take we roll
           A       Bm        G              F#m   A
With every note we play even though they’re gone 
 Bm   A      G
They live on, 
 Bm   A     G