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Your Wild Years

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The Menzingers tune down a half-step, so they play this with a capo on the second fret,
but if you're in standard, you'd play with a capo on the first fret.
[Intro]
G C C/B
G Em G
[Verse]
GLong for the words with hearts and wings
GSomething familiar when you miss everything
EmYou rest your head against the window pane
GFeet on the dash through the steady rain
GI drove you home while you slept in the front seat
GAfter a show at the Stone Pony
EmWatch you awake so god damn sweetly
GOver the Walt Whitman Bridge back to PhiG/F#llyEm  
[Interlude]
C C/B Am G G/F# Em C C/B Am C/B Am G
[Verse]
GI toss and turn at four in the morning
GPetrified of where our future's going
Em'Cause you're the kind of girl that deserves the world
GI'm just the kind of guy that promises the world
GSo I fix a drink nice and strong in the kitchen
GSomething quick that'll cure my conscience
EmCreep back to bed and I kiss your forehead
GMaybe everything is fine and it's all G/F#in my Emhead
[Interlude]
C C/B Am G G/F# Em C C/B Am C/B Am G
[Chorus]
GA little Irish in your blood
CA little Polish in your nameG  
A little Boston in your attitudeC  
Just the way you were raisedG  
A little Irish in your bloodC  
A little Polish in your nameG  
A little Boston in your attitudeC  
Just the way you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay C/Byou were AmraisedC/B  Am  G  
[Interlude]
G Em G
[Verse]
GWe drove up to Massachusetts together
GYour old house was just like you remember
EmWe stayed in your adolescent room
GRummaged through the boxes labeled "former you"
GThe souvenirs of happiness in the moment
Your wild years that you often Emmention
The sands of time in an hourglassG  
That you're always begging for bAmack
I got drunk in the afterDnoon 
with your father in the living rGoom
As the television broke the sEmilence
You smiled, know that I was tAmrying the best that I can Ddo
[Chorus]
GA little Irish in your blood
CA little Polish in your nameG  
A little Boston in your attitudeC  
Just the way you were raisedG  
A little Irish in your bloodC  
A little Polish in your nameG  
A little Boston in your attitudeC  
Just the way you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay you were raisedEm  
Just the wCay C/Byou were rAmaised

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Your Wild Years

by The Menzingers

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

G/F#

The Menzingers tune down a half-step, so they play this with a capo on the second fret,

but if you're in standard, you'd play with a capo on the first fret.

[Intro]

G C C/B

G Em G

[Verse]

Long for the words with hearts and wings

Something familiar when you miss everything

You rest your head against the window pane

Feet on the dash through the steady rain

I drove you home while you slept in the front seat

After a show at the Stone Pony

Watch you awake so god damn sweetly

G G/F# Em

Over the Walt Whitman Bridge back to Philly

[Interlude]

C C/B Am G G/F# Em C C/B Am C/B Am G

[Verse]

I toss and turn at four in the morning

Petrified of where our future's going

'Cause you're the kind of girl that deserves the world

I'm just the kind of guy that promises the world

So I fix a drink nice and strong in the kitchen

Something quick that'll cure my conscience

Creep back to bed and I kiss your forehead

G G/F# Em

Maybe everything is fine and it's all in my head

[Interlude]

C C/B Am G G/F# Em C C/B Am C/B Am G

[Chorus]

A little Irish in your blood

C G

A little Polish in your name

A little Boston in your attitude

Just the way you were raised

A little Irish in your blood

A little Polish in your name

A little Boston in your attitude

Just the way you were raised

C Em

Just the way you were raised

C Em

Just the way you were raised

C Em

Just the way you were raised

C C/B Am C/B Am G

Just the way you were raised

[Interlude]

G Em G

[Verse]

We drove up to Massachusetts together

Your old house was just like you remember

We stayed in your adolescent room

Rummaged through the boxes labeled "former you"

The souvenirs of happiness in the moment

Your wild years that you often mention

The sands of time in an hourglass

That you're always begging for back

I got drunk in the afternoon

with your father in the living room

As the television broke the silence

Am D

You smiled, know that I was trying the best that I can do

[Chorus]

A little Irish in your blood

C G

A little Polish in your name

A little Boston in your attitude

Just the way you were raised

A little Irish in your blood

A little Polish in your name

A little Boston in your attitude

Just the way you were raised

C Em

Just the way you were raised

C Em

Just the way you were raised

C Em

Just the way you were raised

C C/B Am

Just the way you were raised

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