Standard Tuning: EADGBe

Intro : D, D2, Dsus, D (x2)

Verse:
D               D2          Dsus     D
Yeah Me Jim and Dan we were all best friends.
D               D2      G
Ridin' off like cowboys on a road that never ends.
A                          A2 A                  D    D2, Dsus, D
We knew it was the last time for the time of our lives.
D                       D2              Dsus           D
You see Dan was gettin' married Jim was goin' to desert storm.
D                    D2      G
I was headin' off to college movin' into a dorm.
A                      A2      A                      D    D2, Dsus, D
So we took off in that old hot rod. Back when we were gods.

Chorus:
D                    D2         Dsus           D              
You couldn't tell us nothin' we didn't already know.
G
And if a sign said off limits you could be we would go.
D                  D2       A    A2
A hundred miles an hour non stop.
A                 D    D2, Dsus, D, D, D2, Dsus, D
Back when we were gods.

Verse:
D                  D2       Dsus           D
There were Arizona troopers trailin' close behind.
D                     D2               G
We knew they couldn't touch us once we crossed the state line.
A                     A2     A               
So we pulled over and showed 'em a Tennessee moon
                    D    D2, Dsus, D
From the California side.
D          D2        Dsus        D
L.A. was a nightmare Vegas was a dream.
D                D2         G
Dan had won more money than we had ever seen.
A                  A2                    A   A2
Didn't take us one day to blow the whole lot.
A                      D    D2, Dsus, D       
Yeah back when we were gods.

Chorus:
D                    D2         Dsus           D              
You couldn't tell us nothin' we didn't already know.
G
And if a sign said off limits you could be we would go.
D                  D2       A    A2
A hundred miles an hour non stop.
A                 D    D2, Dsus, D, D, D2, Dsus, D
Back when we were gods.

Bridge:
Bm                            A
We thought we were invincible couldn't nothin' bring us down.
Bm                              A                      G
But it didn't take long for the real world to knock us flat on the ground.
Bm                              A
And I hope we were forgiven for all the crazy things we did.
G                      A
After all we were just kids.

Chorus:
D                    D2         Dsus           D              
You couldn't tell us nothin' we didn't already know.
G
And if a sign said off limits you could be we would go.
D                  D2       A    A2
A hundred miles an hour non stop.
A                 D   D2, Dsus, D  
Back when we were gods
D                 D2   Dsus, D
Back when we were gods.
D               D2           Dsus, D
When we thought we were gods.
D           D2    Dsus, D
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
D               D2
When we thought we were gods.