Rose-colored Rearview chords by Mark Erelli

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Bb      F       Cm              Gm              F               Eb


Verse 1:
Bb      F       Eb
There   was a   time
Bb      F                       Eb
When    we all watched the      same screen
Bb      F               Eb
Spring  steen was       mainstream
Cm                      Eb
Everybody had a         hungry heart
Bb      F       Cm
There   was a   time
Bb                      Cm                      Eb
Where we weren’t at     risk that you could     make a living
Bb              F               Cm
A 40 hour       week and a      2 day weekend
F                       Bb
Could get you pretty    far.

Chorus:
F
Was there a     time
                Cm              Gm
Or was it       only in my      mind
Eb                      Bb
When everything seemed  simpler
Eb                              Bb
And we all sat down for         dinner
        Cm
Every   night
Cm                      Eb
Or am I only looking    through
        Bb
This    rose colored rearview

F       Cm      Bb


Verse 2:
Bb      F       Eb
There   was a   time

Bb                              Eb
When we all felt like           family
Bb              F                       Eb
I could         ride my bike down       any street
Cm                              Eb
And somebody always knew my     name
Bb      F       Cm
There   was a   time
Bb                      Cm                              Eb
Before the before the   mail palled out and the         pails moved in
Bb                      F               Cm
And we didn’t           need no         medicine
F                       Bb
Just to take away the   pain



Chorus:
F
Was there a time
                Cm              Gm
Or was it       only in my      mind
Eb                      Bb
When everything seemed  simpler
Eb                              Bb
And we all sat down for         dinner
F       Cm
Every   night
Cm                      Eb
Or am I only looking    through
        Bb
This    rose colored rearview



Bridge:
Bb      F       Cm      Bb      F       Cm      Bb      F       Cm      Gm      F       Eb


Verse:
Bb      F       Eb
There   was a   time
Bb              F               Eb
When we all     pledged         allegiance
Bb              F               Eb
And we  thought we knew what    we meant
Cm                              Eb
When we stood and faced the     flag.

Bb      F       Cm
Are     we      blind
Bb              F               Cm
Lost in         some nos-       talgia case
Bb              F               Cm
Only white men  miss the        good ol days

F                       Bb
That ain’t coming       back.



Outro:
F
Was there a time
                Cm              Gm
Or was it       only in my      mind
Eb                              Bb              Eb              Bb
When everything seemed  simpler
Eb                              Bb              Eb              Bb
And we all sat down for         dinner
Eb                      Bb
And we all watched the  same screen
Eb              Bb
But we didn’t   see the same things
Eb              Dm      Bb
Maybe all was in a      mirror
Bb              Eb              Bb
Was never       close as it     appeared
Eb              Bb                                      Cm
Like the way    the truth can seem so black and         white
Cm                      Eb
After all our looking   through
                        Bb
This rose colored rear  view


F       Cm      Gm      F       Eb      Eb