Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Intermediate
From the album "Dreaming in Romance Languages" (2004).
Intro:
C7C7 C7 C7C7 C7
Verse 1:
C majorC
You made keys at the hardware store
G+G
You made one for my front door
DmDm FF
But I don't lock it anymore
C majorC G+G
Understand
C majorC
Beach house windows wind blows through
G+G
Some days the ocean's cruel
DmDm FF
The waves they don't suffer fools
C majorC G+G
Understand
Chorus: (Key change)
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Summer of lightning
FF G minorGm
Striking in waves
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
Don't go into the water
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
Stay on the porch while the storm blows away
Eb MajorEb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
FF
We're gonna get through this
C7C7
Together
C7C7 C7
Verse 2: (Key change]
C majorC
July turns to August heat
G+G
Burns your face and burns my feet
DmDm FF
We have to sleep on top of the sheets
C majorC G+G
Understand
C majorC
We will watch the circus breaking down
G+G
The ferris wheel stand half-way round
DmDm FF
The summer tourists leave this town
C majorC G+G
Understand
Chorus: (Key change)
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Summer of lightning
FF G minorGm
Striking in waves
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
Don't go into the water
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
Stay on the porch while the storm blows away
Eb MajorEb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
FF
We're gonna get through this
C7C7
Together
Together
C7C7 C7
Instrumental solo over chorus chords:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF F
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
Eb MajorEb Eb FF F
Verse 3: (Key change)
C majorC
They can board their windows they can pack it in
G+G
Drive away until the spring
DmDm FF C majorC
We'll take our walks out in the wind, yeah
G+G DmDm
Take my hand it's a
FF G+G
Wonderland
Chorus: (Key change)
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Summer of lightning
FF G minorGm
Striking in waves
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF
Don't go into the water
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb FF G minorGm
Stay on the porch while the storm blows away
Eb MajorEb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
FF
We're gonna get through it
Eb MajorEb
We're gonna get through this dark weather
FF
We're gonna get through it
Eb MajorEb
We're gonna get, we're gonna get,
FF
We're gonna get through it
C7C7
Together, together together
C7C7
(to fade)