Locust Avenue chords by Bumpin Uglies

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Ab

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Ab Eb Fm C#
Ab Eb Fm C#


Verse:
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
Not a home just a place where we got high we were all nineteen and freedom was a taste that we enjoyed
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
Living for the nights we would go until the drugs ran out or until someone recalled being employed
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
We all worked in restaurants, if we worked at all Justin made his ends meet selling pot
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
Nasty in the crawl space that summer was a small taste of a lifestyle where the party never stopped

Chorus:
          Ab  Eb
On Locust Avenue
          Fm  C#
On Locust Avenue
          Ab  Eb
On Locust Avenue
          Fm  C#
On Locust Avenue

Verse:
              Ab                                Eb                            Fm
There was that day we all tripped and walked around to look at flowers but i started freaking out and had to
 C#
leave
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
Then I calmed down and I stole my fathers car to get back needing to be a part of the memories
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
I picked you up and we went on a beer ride we parked so we could walk along the beach
      Ab                            Eb                             Fm                            C#
I gave the money in my wallet to a man I met screaming nothing really matters cause nothin really matters

Chorus:
          Ab  Eb
On Locust Avenue
          Fm  C#
On Locust Avenue
          Ab  Eb
On Locust Avenue
          Fm  C#
On Locust Avenue

Guitar solo: *reggae feel*
Ab Eb Fm C#

Verse:
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
And then the leaves started fallin the police started callin they set shop right down the street
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
They gave us parking tickets cause we showed them where to stick it when they asked to come inside to take a
peek
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
The parties got out of hand neighbors didn't understand we were young and didn't give a fuck
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
Casey crashing through the wall we wouldn't make it through the fall our safehaven had run out of its luck

Bridge:
   Ab       Eb      Fm        C#
So we sing oh oh ohoh dada da da da
   Ab       Eb      Fm        C#
So we sing oh oh ohoh dada da da da

Verse: *Straight forward punk feel*
    Ab                                          Eb                           Fm
One day the cops came through the door screamin everybody on the floor this search warrant will execute
  C#
today (today)
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
Justin crawled out of his window with a half a pound of endo the bastards woudln't get him in this way (no
way)
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
And they did not but the eviction notice came the landlord hadn't trusted in their will (good will)
             Ab                        Eb                         Fm                       C#
The party had to stop  But none of us forgot  The one summer we spent

Chorus:
          Ab  Eb
On Locust Avenue
          Fm  C#
On Locust Avenue
          Ab  Eb
On Locust Avenue
          Fm  C#
On Locust Avenue

Outro:
Ab