Chords with lyrics
Intro:
FF 
C majorC 
G+G 
A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
N.C.
You know when you're doing a song about a small town
N.C. FF
You gotta start it with a cliche, you know what I'm sayin' like
Verse:
C majorC
Time moves a little slower here
G+G A minorAm
The paint peels 'cause the summers here are so severe
FF C majorC
And we're nowhere near no where you would know of
C majorC A minorAm
Locals here pride, they show up just to show off
FF C majorC
Four men take a load off, just to watch the day go by
G+G A minorAm
Philosophizing with their friends like they're Plato
FF C majorC
They prophecize on the bench by the main road, right
G+G A minorAm
They got advice; I'm like 'Ayo, if you say so guys'
FF C majorC
But what do they know, Fox News got 'em lit
G+G A minorAm
They're shockers, fundamentalists, the new communists
FF C majorC
A augmentedA girl with a shopping list, clutch her handbag close
G+G A minorAm
I'm like "damn man" then it's all backhands, jokes
FF C majorC
'Cause I'm a gentlemen, but then again most of are
G+G A minorAm
First name basis in the bank, the post-office, the bar
FF C majorC G+G
The grocery, parks, hey lady I ain't tryna grab your pension
A minorAm
The old men on the bench hum
Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
Tom Thum:
N.C.
"Direct from the transistor radio in your lounge room.It's the entertainment that the whole family can enjoy."
N.C.
"Well I say looking slick will do the trick so try Barry's Brylcreem cream today!"
Chorus:
A minorAm
Well lets go
FF C majorC
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
G+G A minorAm
"What a time to be alive"
FF C majorC
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
G+G A minorAm
'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
FF C majorC
It's like we ride through life
G+G A minorAm
Right in the shadow of the cold war
FF C majorC
It gets so quiet at night
G+G A minorAm FF
Like martial law took a hold of '55.
Verse:
C majorC
Time moves a little slower here
G+G A minorAm
A augmentedA day feels like a week, a weekend feels like it could go a year
FF C majorC
And we're nowhere near nothing, man it's so true
G+G A minorAm
I don't tell 'em where I'm from, I tell 'em where I'm close to
FF C majorC G+G
And I can go through an Atlas and show you on a map but
A minorAm FF
You'd still look me sideways and treat me like I'm backwards
C majorC
But that's just fine, it so happens I'm
G+G A minorAm
Happy living in a city that is trapped in time
FF C majorC
While you're lined up in traffic I'm
G+G A minorAm
Not panicked 'bout transit, I'm back in time
FF C majorC
For a TV dinner and an early night
G+G A minorAm
'Cause we get dressed to travel, got an early flight
FF C majorC
Been doing laps of the earth while doing laps of the sun
G+G A minorAm
Tryna put where I'm at on the map 'cause where I'm from
FF C majorC
Would never get a mention, but all that and then some
G+G A minorAm
Once again the old men on the bench hum
Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
Tom Thum:
N.C.
"And across the country they came in waves. Thousands upon thousands of flying discs
N.C.
descending from the planet Mars."
N.C.
"For the closest shave try a Wilson's razor today."
Chorus:
A minorAm
Well lets go
FF C majorC
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
G+G A minorAm
"What a time to be alive"
FF C majorC
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
G+G A minorAm
'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
FF C majorC
It's like we ride through life
G+G A minorAm
Right in the shadow of the cold war
FF C majorC
It gets so quiet at night
G+G A minorAm FF
Like martial law took a hold of '55.
Montaigne:
FF C majorC
Where I go, where I go
G+G A minorAm
This will always be home, no matter
FF C majorC
Where I go, where I go
G+G A minorAm
This will always be home, no matter
FF C majorC
Where I go, where I go
G+G A minorAm
This will always be home, no matter
FF C majorC
Where I go, where I go
G+G A minorAm
This will always be home
Instrumental:
FF C majorC G+G A minorAm
FF C majorC G+G
Tom Thum::
N.C.
"If you can't beat the summer heat then what you need is a Wordell's. Wordell
N.C.
Refrigerators: the cooler choice."
N.C.
"The dieting revolution taking the world by storm."
Montaigne & Suffa:
A minorAm
Well lets go
FF C majorC
We're living in the days when everybody sayin'
G+G A minorAm
"What a time to be alive"
FF C majorC
But I'm feeling out of place like I live in outer space
G+G A minorAm
'Cause it seems I'm stuck in time
FF C majorC
It's like we ride through life
G+G A minorAm
Right in the shadow of the cold war
FF C majorC
It gets so quiet at night
G+G A minorAm FF
Like martial law took a hold of '55.
Other versions of 1955 Acoustic
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for 1955 ft montaigne tom thum by Hilltop Hoods
