🎤 Verse 1 [Em] I still see you in the rearview (8) [C] Laughin’ ‘neath the porch light glow (8) [G] You were wearin’ my old flannel (8) [D] Said you’d never let it go (8) [Em] Now that house is standin’ quiet (8) [C] And the screen door swings alone (8) [G] I drive past just to feel something (8) [D] Since you left, it ain’t a home (8) 🎶 Chorus [G] You’re the ghost on the gravel, the wind in the pines (10) [D] Like the hum of a song that’s been lost to time (10) [Em] Took my heart like a thief in the middle of the night (10) [C] But you're still on that backroad in my mind (8) [G] Yeah, you're still on that backroad in my mind (8) 🎤 Verse 2 [Em] I burned all of our letters (8) [C] But your words still linger on (8) [G] Like that last fight on the front steps (8) [D] And the silence when you were gone (8) [Em] My boots still sit by the doorway (8) [C] Yours walked off into the dust (8) [G] And I’m stuck with every memory (8) [D] Of a love that gave up on us (8) 🎶 Chorus (repeat) [G] You’re the ghost on the gravel, the wind in the pines [D] Like the hum of a song that’s been lost to time [Em] Took my heart like a thief in the middle of the night [C] But you're still on that backroad in my mind [G] Yeah, you're still on that backroad in my mind 🌌 Bridge [Em] I light one more cigarette (8) [C] Just to feel you in the smoke (8) [G] But there ain’t no gettin’ back (8) [D] When the words you needed, I never spoke (8) 🎶 Final Chorus (soft, broken delivery) [G] You’re the ghost on the gravel, the wind in the pines [D] Like the hum of a song that’s been lost to time [Em] Took my soul when you left, I ain’t been right [C] But you're still on that backroad in my mind [G] Yeah, you're still on that backroad in my mind… (fade out)
