Ben Rector – Boxes chords

[Intro]
C   G    D   G         One, two, three


[Verse 1]
C         G        D    G   C         G      D          GI found boxes of first CDs tryin' to get my office clean
C        G                D   B     Em             CTook ten years of folks givin' them to me 'til I sat down
          C        G         D        GAnd I saw hesitant poses and torn up jeans
C        G              D         GIn cover photos friends took for free
        C            G                  D    B   Em                CFor the six minute songs, and all their lifelong dreams the world turned down


[Chorus]
Em               C                G               D   They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh
Em               C                G               D   When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home
Em        D                C                    GI'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream
Em        D            CThank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah)


[Instrumental]
G D C G D C


[Verse 2]
                C          G                   D          GOn through this Rolodex of railroad tracks and fresh-cut hair
       C                 G             D            GI see Joy who won some Grammys and is now a millionaire
   C            G             D    B     Em                   CLooks different now than she does right there, but that's how it goes
            C                   G          D        GAs for the rest, I bet they're teachers or pastors now
C           G          D                GPictured in jackets girlfriends picked out
           C               G                  D      B            Em               CAll their hometowns turned these up, all the labels turned them down, and never wrote (whoa)


[Chorus]
Em               C                G               D   They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh
Em               C                G               D   When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home
Em        D                C                    GI'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream
Em        D            CThank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah)


[Instrumental]
G D C G D C


[Bridge]
C              G          D        GA thrift store jacket and ten less pounds
               C            G                  D                 GLookin' like a fool in some big field with my bare feet on the ground
C         G         D     B    Em               CBad song titles and worse drum sounds, I didn't know


[Chorus]
Em          C               G                    DThat all my dreams had come true out here on the road
Em          C                G                  DI never dreamed that I could call this life my own
Em           D                 C               GThought I'd forgotten how it feels to chase a dream
Em          D             C                GBut thank God for how it feels to chase a dream
Em             D             CAnd thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah)


[Outro]
G D C G D C G