BOTTLE ROCKETS
As recorded by Scotty McCreery feat. Hootie & The Blowfish
(2025 release)


Capo 4th fret


[Intro]
      


[Verse 1]

Everybody's go

t a summer tha

t they can't f

orget
          
They hold on t

o and go back 

to

Yeah, mine's o

n the Carolina

 coast
             
Still burnin' 

              
in my mind lik

           
e a red sunset
        
Chasin' embers

 till Septembe

r
     
What I remembe

r most


[Chorus]

 Bottle rocket

s in the sky

 Bare feet in 

the sand

Bonfire in her

 eyes

 Cold beer in 

the can

 Moonlight on 

the waves

Her kiss in th

e dark
           
 The smile on 

              
her face when 

      
she'd make me 

break out my g

uitar and play
      
Hold my hand
      
Hold my hand


[Verse 2]
             
I can still fe

              
el her fingers

              
 wrapped up in

 
 mine
              
Can still hear

         
 her laughin',

 see her danci

ng
      
Yeah, makin' m

ore than that 

sundress spin
             
Who says you c

              
an't go back i

  
n time?
           
Yeah, when tha

t song, it com

es on
    
I'm on rewind 

and I'm sevent

een again


[Chorus]

 Bottle rocket

s in the sky

 Bare feet in 

the sand

Bonfire in her

 eyes

 Cold beer in 

the can

 Moonlight on 

the waves

Her kiss in th

e dark
           
 The smile on 

              
her face when 

      
she'd make me 

break out my g

uitar and play
      
Hold my hand

I want you to 

hold my hand
      
Hold my hand
  
Oh


[Bridge]
             
I got a hand f

   
or you
              
Yeah, I got a 

             
hand for you
             
I wanna run wi

   
th you

Won't you let 

me run with yo

u?


[Guitar Solo]
      


[Chorus]

 Bottle rocket

s in the sky

 Bare feet in 

the sand

Bonfire in her

 eyes

 Cold beer in 

the can

 Moonlight on 

the waves

Her kiss in th

e dark
           
 The smile on 

              
her face when 

      
she'd make me 

break out my g

uitar and play
      
Hold my hand

I want you to 

hold my hand
      
Hold my hand

I'll take you 

to the promise

d land
      
Hold my hand

Maybe we can't

 change the wo

rld, but
             
 I wanna love 

              
you the best t

              
hat, the best 

       
that I can


[Outro]

(Hold my hand)

 Bottle rocket

s in the sky
             
 The best that

    
 I can (Hold m

y hand)
              
Bare feet in t

        
he sand
              
The best that 

   
I can (Hold my

 hand)

Bonfire in her

 eyes

Oh
           
(Hold my hand)

              
 I wanna love 

             
you the best t

              
hat, the best 

       
that I can