[Intro]
C C F C C F C

[Chorus]
Dm7             G         C
Let me tell you that was living
Dm7                   G           C              Am
Riding my bike in the sun heading home for suppertime
Dm7               G                  C                  A7
Nights out in the backyard where the lightning bugs did shine
Dm7                                                    G
I never looked at a clock I never thought about the time
F                G             Dm7       C
And everything I did is what I wanted to do
F          G         Dm7       C
I did exactly what I wanted to do
F             G              Dm7      C
Spent my time doing what I wanted to do
F                    G          Dm7      C          Dm7    G
Feeling finer than a frog hair split in two

[Verse 1]
C                     F
Seems like a million years ago, a black bike and a gravel road
G                                      F               C
Stretched across the prairie miles and miles and so I go
C                                      F
I didn’t have a care in the world or a place I had to be
               G                G                           F      G
But there’s a party line phone ringing back at home calling up my family

[Chorus]
Dm7             G         C
Let me tell you that was living
Dm7                   G           C              Am
Riding my bike in the sun heading home for suppertime
Dm7               G                  C                  A7
Nights out in the backyard where the lightning bugs did shine
Dm7                                                    G
I never looked at a clock I never thought about the time
F                G             Dm7       C
And everything I did is what I wanted to do
F          G         Dm7       C
I did exactly what I wanted to do
F             G              Dm7      C
Spent my time doing what I wanted to do
F                    G          Dm7      C          Dm7    G
Feeling finer than a frog hair split in two

[Verse 2]
C                                            F
Sally told momma he just rode by here and he didn’t even turn his face
G                                        F                C
Looked like he had his mind on going up north to Elwood’s place
C
Momma thanked Sally and put down the phone
F
I knew I was in trouble when I saw her car’s chrome
G                              F                G          C
“Put your bike in the back and wait till your father gets home”

[Chorus]
Dm7             G         C
Let me tell you that was living
Dm7                   G           C              Am
Riding my bike in the sun heading home for suppertime
Dm7               G                  C                  A7
Nights out in the backyard where the lightning bugs did shine
Dm7                                                    G
I never looked at a clock I never thought about the time
F                G             Dm7       C
And everything I did is what I wanted to do
F          G         Dm7       C
I did exactly what I wanted to do
F             G              Dm7      C
Spent my time doing what I wanted to do
F                    G          Dm7      C          Dm7    G
Feeling finer than a frog hair split in two

[Bridge]
Dm7
To my room I was sent and the next day was spent
Am
With my bike locked on the chain
Dm7
But through the window I could see Daddy come home with the key
   Am
And I rode off like the wind
          F                   G
And I was on the road again, on the road again

[Chorus]
Dm7             G         C
Let me tell you that was living
Dm7                   G           C              Am
Riding my bike in the sun heading home for suppertime
Dm7               G                  C                  A7
Nights out in the backyard where the lightning bugs did shine
Dm7                                                    G
I never looked at a clock I never thought about the time
F                G             Dm7       C
And everything I did is what I wanted to do
F          G         Dm7       C
I did exactly what I wanted to do
F             G              Dm7      C
Spent my time doing what I wanted to do
F                    G          Dm7      C          Dm7    G      C
Feeling finer than a frog hair split in two