Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
E MajorE BB C# minorC#m
I found you in the summer heat, of 1953
BB G# minorG#m E MajorE C# minorC#m
Wise words from your father said
BB G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
"I know that boy's your brothers friend
BB F#F# E MajorE
But I don't think he keeps comin' round for him"
BB A augmentedA
Again and again and again
Verse 2:
F#F# E MajorE
I had to swim away
C# minorC#m BB F# minorF#m E MajorE
Semper Fi but I'll be back someday
BB F# minorF#m E MajorE
I'll take you by the hand and say
BB A augmentedA (BB)
Be mine, be mine, be mine
Chorus:
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F#F# G# minorG#m E MajorE
In 1953
Verse 3:
C# minorC#m
Leave New York and see the country side
BB F# minorF#m E MajorE
Little city and a bigger life
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE
Watch it grow into a thousand eyes
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA
Oh It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
Chorus:
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
It's alright, I will never leave your side
E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
In 1953
Bridge:
E MajorE
It's written in the gold rain
C# minorC#m
Passed down the light
E MajorE
Hangin' in the branches
C# minorC#m
You see it in their eyes
E MajorE
Pressed in the concrete
C# minorC#m
Where we used to reside
BB A augmentedA BB
It's larger than life
Chorus:
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
It's okay, and when my heart gives away
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
It’s alright, I will never leave your side
E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And oh when it's time, Just come find me
F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
In 1953