Intro: GG
Her husband left on Saturday for a woman that was half her age
Cadd9
Sunday she just stayed in bed with the covers pulled over her head
G
But on Monday morning she woke up and loaded up her pick-up truck.
Cadd9G
Took one last look at her old life then hit the gas, and said goodbye
AmC
in her faded jeans and her old baseball cap.
AmD
All she knows for sure, she ain't comin back.
GEm7
This isn't how she thought, she'd ever spend this day
Cadd9DG
sitting behind the wheel, on the interstate.
GEm7
40 was quite alright, but she's changing roads tonight.
Cadd9DAm
and it's such a bittersweet way to celebrate.
CD (no chord) G
She's turning 50 today
G
She left that Oklahoma town, the only world she had know till now,
Cadd9
And memories of those 20 years
GAm
She watched them in her rear-view mirror fade away
C
oh, but that’s all right
AmD
Yeah, this could be the time of her life.
GEm7
This isn't how she thought, she'd ever spend this day
Cadd9DG
sitting behind the wheel, on the interstate.
GEm7
40 was quite alright, but she's changing roads tonight.
Cadd9DAm
and it's such a bittersweet way to celebrate.
CDG
She's turning 50 today
G
Oh, her windows are down.
Em7
And the wind blows her hair
Cadd9D
Where she goes, could be anywhere.
Solo: G / Em7 / Cadd9 / D / GGEm7
40 was quite alright, but she's changing roads tonight
Cadd9DEm7
tomorrow's a mystery oh, and she can't wait.
Cadd9D
She's turning 50,
Em7Cadd9
She's turning 50,
Cadd9D (no chord) G
She's turning 50 today.
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