Verse 1
[E] [G#m7]
Old Scottie was a friend of mine
[C#m7] [Bm7]
Starbound, one of a kind
[A] [E]
And Scottie wasn’t looking for trouble
[B]
But trouble’s always easy to find
Verse 2
[E] [G#m7]
Came home to mama with broken bones
[C#m7] [Bm7]
“But mama I’ve got nine lives!”
[A] [E]
Scottie had too much of that trouble
[B]
And spent them all in a night
Pre-Chorus
[F#m7]
Now he isn’t around
[G#m7] [E]
He had to get out of town
Chorus
[G#m7] [A]
You need to know
[B] [E]
You can leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A]
And take control
[B] [E]
It’s state of mind
[Eaug/G#] [C#m/G#]
Cause you can move mountains wide
[F#] [A]
If you could just leave it now
[G#m7] [F#m7]
If you slip, if you fall
[B]
Don’t look back,
[E]
leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A]
[B] [E]
Leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A] [B]
Verse 3
[E] [G#m7]
Watch out for daddy’s little cadillac
[C#m7] [Bm7]
She’s a menace, she’s bad to the bone
[A] [E]
She lives for all the thrills in the city
[B]
But the city’s never felt like a home
Verse 4
[E] [G#m7]
She caught her lover with another
[C#m7] [Bm7]
Felt like a cut from a knife
[A] [E]
Stumbles into the kitchen
[B]
A stare of death in her eyes
Pre-Chorus
[A] [B]
A stare of death in her eyes
[A] [B] [E]
A stare of death in her eyes
Chorus
[G#m7] [A]
You need to know
[B] [E]
You can leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A]
And take control
[B] [E]
It’s state of mind
[Eaug/G#] [C#m/G#]
Cause you can move mountains wide
[F#] [A]
If you could just leave it now
[G#m7] [F#m7]
If you slip, if you fall
[B]
Don’t look back,
[E]
leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A]
[B] [E]
Leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A]
Outro
[B] [E]
leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A]
[B] [E]
Leave it all behind
[G#m7] [A] [B]
