Sugar City Magic chords by Bound Stems

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
(0:00) A augmentedA
(0:21) A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA  A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
(0:27) DbDb G+G DbDb Db G+G DbDb
(0:32) D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD  A augmentedA

  D MajorD
Do you recall the best years of your life?

Well we try, well we try, well we try.
    A augmentedA
Every man has a past, and she now seems content

because she's moving to London to be with her kids...

   D MajorD
When you were away, I started over again.

When you were away, I started over again!
       A augmentedA
Well, I'll worry about what my father's going to say

when he comes home from work. I can take it--
         G+G
--take it in a Midwest town with the family intact.

We went to Catholic school, the military brats.
      A augmentedA
We stayed outside all night with our loafers all scuffed;

the loosened-up ties, the neighborhood toughs.
       G+G
We weren't alone much, and Sundays were hell,

but if we made it back from church my brother promised to tell.
        A augmentedA
He said, "Boy, how could you say it? Boy how could you say it?

Boy how could you say it, say it, say it, say it..."

D MajorD
Bop bop bop bop ba, bop bop bop bop ba
A augmentedA
Bop bop bop bop ba, bop bop bop bop ba x2

            D MajorD
She tells me that show now believes it's a matter of principle.
       A augmentedA
Now the neighborhood's gone she won't change them.
      D MajorD                     A augmentedA
She said, "I can see!" She said, "I can see all the empty lots..."

She kept her married name when he left, for the children's sake.

G+G
My friends still gather around the block!
                   A augmentedA
With their loosened ties and their guilty faces!
            G+G
On our bikes we were skeleton thin.

My father came to shake my hand:
          A augmentedA
"Take care of the family. I'll explain when you're an older man. I've been found out now."

  D MajorD        A augmentedA            G+G    G+G        F# minorF#m  F# minorF#m D MajorD A augmentedA
--tap tap tap tap tap tap tapping on the window for a space on our floor:
           D MajorD       A augmentedA            G+G      G+G
"You can stay where papa just left; there's a spot on the fireplace mat.
        F# minorF#m F#m    D MajorD    A augmentedA
Welcome to our home. Welcome to our home."
         D MajorD            G+G
"Welcome to our home, please excuse the mess--"
                F# minorF#m               A augmentedA
"...But they left it like that last night." Bop bop bop bop ba...

             D MajorD
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.
 G+G           F# minorF#m
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.
             D MajorD
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.
 G+G           F# minorF#m
I've been keeping this family afloat for years.

(I've been keeping this family afloat for years.)

E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD   G+G
La la, la la la la, lalalalala
E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD   G+G
La la, la la la la, lalalalala
E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by,
E minorEm A augmentedA    D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD      G+G
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night.
E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by,
E minorEm A augmentedA    D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD      G+G
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night.
E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G  E minorEm
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by,
E minorEm A augmentedA    D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD      G+G  E minorEm
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night.
E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G  E minorEm
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by,
E minorEm A augmentedA    D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD      G+G  E minorEm
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night.
E minorEm A augmentedA  D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G  E minorEm
We lie asleep in our homes. The evening train goes by,
E minorEm A augmentedA    D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD      G+G
I pull the covers up close. We can hide all night.