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Basement Days
Written by Mark Erelli
From the album, "Little Vigils" (2010)

INTRO:  G,D,G,D,G,D,A 2X

VERSE:1
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramD MajorD
Timmy played bass and his brother had a Mexican Strat
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G                                 Chord diagramD MajorD
I was on drums and couldn't find the one but I only sang a little flat
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Fake wood paneling, linoleum floor
Chord diagramF# minorF#m                    Chord diagramBB
Pillow stuffed under the upstairs door
Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramC majorC                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Trying to learn a few chords and start a band

(Chorus)
Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
Take me back to those basement days
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC#C#         Chord diagramB minorBm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
"Pinball Wizard" and "Born To Run"
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramA augmentedA
We were lost in the music down in that room
Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramC#C#        Chord diagramB minorBm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
You can burn out or fade away
Chord diagramE minorEm              Chord diagramA augmentedA        Chord diagramG+G
But you can't go back to those basement days

VERSE:2
Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramD MajorD
We learned enough songs and we thought that it sounded alright
Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramD MajorD
So we rented out a local church basement on a Saturday night
Chord diagramG+G                                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
All our friends were there we were living the dream
Chord diagramF# minorF#m            Chord diagramBB
'Til the fire marshal arrived on sceneA
And pulled the plug 'cause we set off the alarm with our dry ice machine

CHORUS

Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Take me back to those basement days
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC#C#          Chord diagramB minorBm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
"Whipping Post" and "Aqualung"
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G
"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
We were lost in the music down in that room
Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC#C#          Chord diagramB minorBm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA
You can burn out or fade away
Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramG+G
But you can't go back to those basement days

BRIDGE
Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramD MajorD
Give me one more shot at 16 years old
Chord diagramG+G                                     Chord diagramD MajorD
Back when I still believed that rock n' roll
Chord diagramA augmentedA
Could save my soul

VERSE:3
Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramG+G                    Chord diagramD MajorD
Now Timmy's in computers and his brother is a lawyer I hear
Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramG+G                              Chord diagramD MajorD
Who'd have guessed I'd be the one still crazy after all these years
Chord diagramG+G                              Chord diagramA augmentedA
But it only comes in flashes every now and again
Chord diagramF# minorF#m                          Chord diagramBB
I get a little taste of how it was back then
Chord diagramE minorEm                  Chord diagramC majorC                    Chord diagramA augmentedA
And it keeps me going every time I feel like packing it in

(Chorus)
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Take me back to those basement days
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramC#C#          Chord diagramB minorBm
"Stairway To Heaven" and "Purple Haze"
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA
"Sugar Magnolia" "Here Comes the Sun"
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramG+G
I still know every word to "Comfortably Numb"
Chord diagramG+G                       Chord diagramA augmentedA
We were lost in the music down in that room
Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramC#C#          Chord diagramB minorBm
It might as well have been the dark side of the moon
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA
You can burn out or fade away
Chord diagramE minorEm             Chord diagramA augmentedA          Chord diagramG+G
But you can't go back to those basement days

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