Biography:
Deric Ruttan is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Bracebridge, Ontario. Signed to Lyric Street Records in 2003, he made his chart debut on the U.S. and Canadian country music charts that year with the release of his single "When You Come Around". His self-titled debut album was released that year, producing a total of five singles on the Canadian country music charts. A second album, titled First Time in a Long Time, was released in April 2008.
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Main Street, 1979
Deric Ruttan
C
Legs stickin' to the vinyl seats
G
Ice cream truck goes by on the street
F
Little brother doesn't even look
F C
Head buried in a comic book
C
Dad come back with cigarettes
G
Radio plays Bennie & The Jets
F
Mama sings, says don't touch that dial
F C
Daddy just smiles
Chorus 1:
Am C/B C
And we roll out of the five and dime
F G C
Main Street 1979
C
Passed the park and the hardware store
G
Daddy waves to the man in the door
F
Stopped down at the KFC
F C
soon there's chicken smellin up the back seat
C
Mama says you boys leave that bucket alone
G
We'll all eat when we get home
F
Catch my dad in the side view mirror
C
Grinnin' ear to ear
Chorus 2:
Am C/B C
He was holdin mama's hand real tight
Am G C
Main Street 1979
Bridge:
Am G
I wonder now who's town this is
F C
As I roll in with my wife and kids
Dm
Cause nothing seems to change
G
But nothing stays the same
C
Daddy drove on and there he was
G
Loading lumber on a flat bed truck
F
Grampa waved and smiled real big
F C
Lord, how he loved us grand kids
C
Six years later when the cancer came
G
That old man didn't know my name
F
Wished now dad had stopped the car
F C
And I would run for a hug from Grampa's arms
Am C/B C
But I barely waved as we drove by
Am G C
Main Street 1979
Am C/B C
What I'd give for one more ride
Am G C
Down Main Street 1979
Deric Ruttan
C
Legs stickin' to the vinyl seats
G
Ice cream truck goes by on the street
F
Little brother doesn't even look
F C
Head buried in a comic book
C
Dad come back with cigarettes
G
Radio plays Bennie & The Jets
F
Mama sings, says don't touch that dial
F C
Daddy just smiles
Chorus 1:
Am C/B C
And we roll out of the five and dime
F G C
Main Street 1979
C
Passed the park and the hardware store
G
Daddy waves to the man in the door
F
Stopped down at the KFC
F C
soon there's chicken smellin up the back seat
C
Mama says you boys leave that bucket alone
G
We'll all eat when we get home
F
Catch my dad in the side view mirror
C
Grinnin' ear to ear
Chorus 2:
Am C/B C
He was holdin mama's hand real tight
Am G C
Main Street 1979
Bridge:
Am G
I wonder now who's town this is
F C
As I roll in with my wife and kids
Dm
Cause nothing seems to change
G
But nothing stays the same
C
Daddy drove on and there he was
G
Loading lumber on a flat bed truck
F
Grampa waved and smiled real big
F C
Lord, how he loved us grand kids
C
Six years later when the cancer came
G
That old man didn't know my name
F
Wished now dad had stopped the car
F C
And I would run for a hug from Grampa's arms
Am C/B C
But I barely waved as we drove by
Am G C
Main Street 1979
Am C/B C
What I'd give for one more ride
Am G C
Down Main Street 1979
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