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(intro)
Ao-ohD-oDooAhh
Ao-ohE-oEooAhh
AChanging strings,
DAnd banging on things
AA couple of girls from the Eschool
AWould listen to KISS
D(With rockets for fists)
AActing like ESaturdays Afool
ALearned how to smoke,
DTold dirty jokes
ATalked about loose girls from ERome
AI made out with most of them
DSo I raised a toast to them
AEspecially Enow that I'm A(old)
And they're D45 with husbands who don't Alike their Ewives
D3 or 4 kids, make Aenough to Esurvive
DIn their paper mill jobs
AWhile their teen heartthrobs
EAre playing in bands
EOr they're dead
(Chorus)   
Can I Ago back to when
DI was the winner
AWay before the rain came
EAnd washed away the sinners
AEveryone was something and
DNothing was done right or Ewrong-ooh
(intro)
Ao-ohD-oDooAhh
Ao-ohE-oEooAhh
ASmothering the cover of a 'D69 summer
APlayed through a speaker of fuEzz
ANobody knew bryan adams wasn't Dcool
AThe TV just Etold me he Awas
AAlways heard the sound get Dme out of this town
AResonating clear on my heEad
AChuck ran away with our gear aDnd the drugs
AI'm pretty sEure that he's Adead
DOr he's 46 and alone,
ACast the heaviest stEone,
DSuburban cover bAand playing bad to Ethe bone
DIn a bath tub of meth
AYou can smell your own death
Eyou know when you can't look the past in the eye
(Chorus)        
Can I Ago back to when
DI was the winner
AWay before the rain came
EAnd washed away the sinners
AEveryone was something
D(And I could never do any Ewrong)
Ao-ohD-oDooAhh
Ao-ohE-oEooAhh
AWent back to the woods
DWhere I hid all my goods
AIn a rusted out cadillac Edoor
Awe all get nostalgic
DAnd fall for the hat trick
AOf thinking itE'll be like beAfore
(this part is talked)(while holding all the chords on the edge)
Like the football jocks
Trying to please their pops
And the stoners aping everything their bad uncles taught
And the teachers who cared
More than I ever knew,
And knew I played clubs
Let me sleep through school
And my day job boss
Who wrote it up as a loss
But let me leave when i wanted and I never got caught
Sleeping out on the field
In the back of my truck
Breaking into the bars
Steal the beer and getting laid
By a girl twice my age, making minimum wage
But the tan lines were good
And she had a good face
Is this what I've become
Is this all I've become
When do I become,
(Chorus)
Can I Ago back to when
DI was the winner
AWay before the rain came
EAnd washed away the sinners
AEveryone was something
DAnd I could never do any wErong
Ao-ohD-oDooAhh
Ao-ohE-oEooAhh
-End

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Summer Of 89

by Butch Walker

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Chords in this song · guitar

(intro)

A D D A

o-oh-ooohh

A E E A

o-oh-ooohh

Changing strings,

And banging on things

A E

A couple of girls from the school

Would listen to KISS

(With rockets for fists)

A E A

Acting like Saturdays fool

Learned how to smoke,

Told dirty jokes

A E

Talked about loose girls from Rome

I made out with most of them

So I raised a toast to them

A E A

Especially now that I'm (old)

D A E

And they're 45 with husbands who don't like their wives

D A E

3 or 4 kids, make enough to survive

In their paper mill jobs

While their teen heartthrobs

Are playing in bands

Or they're dead

(Chorus)

Can I go back to when

I was the winner

Way before the rain came

And washed away the sinners

Everyone was something and

D E

Nothing was done right or wrong-ooh

(intro)

A D D A

o-oh-ooohh

A E E A

o-oh-ooohh

A D

Smothering the cover of a '69 summer

A E

Played through a speaker of fuzz

A D

Nobody knew bryan adams wasn't cool

A E A

The TV just told me he was

A D

Always heard the sound get me out of this town

A E

Resonating clear on my head

A D

Chuck ran away with our gear and the drugs

A E A

I'm pretty sure that he's dead

Or he's 46 and alone,

A E

Cast the heaviest stone,

D A E

Suburban cover band playing bad to the bone

In a bath tub of meth

You can smell your own death

you know when you can't look the past in the eye

(Chorus)

Can I go back to when

I was the winner

Way before the rain came

And washed away the sinners

Everyone was something

D E

(And I could never do any wrong)

A D D A

o-oh-ooohh

A E E A

o-oh-ooohh

Went back to the woods

Where I hid all my goods

A E

In a rusted out cadillac door

we all get nostalgic

And fall for the hat trick

A E A

Of thinking it'll be like before

(this part is talked)(while holding all the chords on the edge)

Like the football jocks

Trying to please their pops

And the stoners aping everything their bad uncles taught

And the teachers who cared

More than I ever knew,

And knew I played clubs

Let me sleep through school

And my day job boss

Who wrote it up as a loss

But let me leave when i wanted and I never got caught

Sleeping out on the field

In the back of my truck

Breaking into the bars

Steal the beer and getting laid

By a girl twice my age, making minimum wage

But the tan lines were good

And she had a good face

Is this what I've become

Is this all I've become

When do I become,

(Chorus)

Can I go back to when

I was the winner

Way before the rain came

And washed away the sinners

Everyone was something

D E

And I could never do any wrong

A D D A

o-oh-ooohh

A E E A

o-oh-ooohh

-End

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