The Town By The Sea chords by Djanga

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Em D C G D/F# x3


Verse 1:
Em               D
Oh, we met on a summer night
      C                               G         D/F#
On a park bench in my hometown on the 4th of July
    Em                   D
I played you that '73 Springsteen song
           C                           G                      D/F#
I'd been staring at the stars with my lonely angel all night long
          Em                                     D
And you played these six strings like they were part of my soul
C                                 G                 D/F#
On from then it was all about guitars and getting stoned
    Em                                D
We watched those church bell blues go up in smoke
      C                      G          D/F#
Just rolling along when the good times rolled

Chorus:
Em             D            C           G  D/F#
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
              Em           D                          C              G    D/F#
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
           C                               D
There was wine on our lips and there was smoke on our breath
                 Em             D/F#   C/G
Brought down my guards just to let you in
              C                                  D
We were like lovers in those songs, who'd have thought that's what we'd become
              Em        D/F#     C/G
When we had dreams and songs to sing
 G  D/F# C/G
we had   everything


Verse 2:
     Em                 D
The night sky became a solitude
                  C                                 G         D/F#
As I watched the beat of those big engines side by side with you
             Em                         D
You told me some of your stories and I told you some of mine
       C                           G                 D/F#
And I found that harmony somewhere in your longing eyes
 Em                                  D
Countless cups of coffee, countless cigarettes
 C                                       G              D/F#
Countless days and nights and smiles I swore not to forget
           Em                               D
Countless times we fucked the law and then fucked some more
           C                                 G                 D/F#
Countless times I cursed the distance to the one to come back for


Chorus:
Em             D            C           G  D/F#
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
              Em           D                          C              G    D/F#
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
            C                                 D
There was whiskey on our lips and there was smoke on our breath
                 Em             D/F#   C/G
Brought down my guards just to let you in
              C                                    D
We were like lovers in those songs, so sure that that's what we'd become
              Em        D/F#     C/G
When we had dreams and songs to sing
 G  D/F# C/G
we had   everything


Guitar Solo:
Em D C G D/F# x4


Verse 3:
     Em               D
You held me close on New Year's Eve
        C                           G               D/F#
Those shooting stars granted me my wish for you to save me
     Em                            D
You kept my head spinning and you made my heart sing
          C                      G                D/F#
Singing 'Hey there, lonely angel, where have you been?'
   Em                                 D
I took you to that bar where my lost harmonies roam
        C                                                G               D/F#
And I played you all these songs so I wouldn't have to spend the night alone
      Em                         D
Come morning the winter air was filled with snow
               C                                   G                D/F#
Kissed you a thousand times goodbye and still it broke my heart to go


Chorus:
Em             D            C           G  D/F#
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
              Em           D                          C              G    D/F#
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
            C                    D
There was smoke on our lips and we were out of breath
                 Em             D/F#   C/G
Brought down my guards just to let you in
              C                                  D
We were like lovers in those songs, but that was all we would become
              Em        D/F#     C/G
When we had dreams and songs to sing
G       D/F#   C/G
  Once we   had everything