E                  A            E 
The first time that I lived in a car 
E                     A                 B 
I bought it for thirty dollars it was a little Ford Escort 
E              A                  E 
I slept in the parking lot of the park 
      B                     A          B                A 
and I tried not to drain my batteries, remember to pull out the key 
B             A                   E 
before I fell asleep with the radio on 
E                   A            E 
The worst part about living in a car 
E            A              B 
is how hot it gets when the sun comes up 
       E                  A             E 
and you can't stretch your legs out very far 
       B              A    B               A   
I would wake up every day, with my knees in pain 
B               A                     E 
turn the key and hope the thing would start 
       A            B       E 
Then my friend moved in with me 
        A     E  B 
we were happy as sardines 
A         B        E 
he had a job as a playground supervisor 
A                     B      E 
but he only worked an hour a day 
A            A            E 
I'd drop him off then I'd kill some time shoplifting at the mall 
A        B               E 
we both had our ways of bringing home the pay 
   B                 A   
but winter was on the way 
    B                       A 
and we were too big for our tiny little tank 
      B                A 
so we found a place to live 
  E                   A              B              A              E 
we signed a lease and joined the army of the walking dead that pay rent 
   E              A            E 
The next time that I lived in a car 
E           A         B 
I bought it from a cemetery 
  E              A         E 
it used to carry coffins right up to their graves 
B          A            B              A 
it became a home to me, sleeping on the near west streets 
   B                   A               E 
and I could stretch my legs out all the way 
E       A         E 
It was cold it was cold 
E               A       B 
but I loved it when it snow-o-o-ed 
           E             A         E 
because the snow covered up all the windows 
   B           A                 B           A         
and no one would know, that that wagon was my home 
       B         A            E 
I could sleep in peace with the ghosts 
E  A        E 
I traded it in 
E               A     B 
so that I could get a van 
A                 B           E 
because if you're gonna play in a punk rock band 
   A                  B             E 
then someone's always gotta buy the van 
A              B              E                                  A     B 
it was fine by me because it seemed like compared to living in a car a van 
             E 
was gonna be a mansion 
       B              A 
And that van became my home 
     B                A 
for about two years or so 
       B                  A 
I lived happy I lived rent free 
           E                       A               B        
the day that I give up I know where I'll end up that van is in front of my 
A                E  
house waiting for me