Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
C majorC
One Day A augmentedA Man From 1970 Gave Me A augmentedA Call
A minorAm
He Had Dirty Blonde Hair
A minorAm
And Compared To Me He’s Pretty Tall
FF
He Had Lime Green Eyes
FF
And Bigger Hands I Wish That I Could Hold
G+G
And We’d Spend 8 In The Evening
G+G
Talking On The Telephone
C majorC
He’s So Full Of Himself And
C majorC
Likes Making Sadistic Jokes.
A minorAm
But There’s Something That I’m So In love
A minorAm
With In The Way He Spoke
FF
And The Way He Draws,
FF
The Way He Sings Along To His Guitar
G+G G+G
If Only The Distance Between Us Wasn’t So That Goddamn Far.
Chorus:
C majorC
When I’m Talking To Him That’s The Happiest I’ll Ever Be
A minorAm
And He Makes Me Feel So Special, I Love It Whenever He
FF
Compliments Me, Tries To Hide The Fact That He’s Obsessed With Me
G+G
Went Through Trouble, Sending Me Flowers From 1970
C majorC C majorC
As I'm falling for him more and more,
A minorAm A minorAm
The more it'll hurt the day he leaves
FF FF
And when I hear his voice it's like it's straight out of a dream
G+G G+G
I would do things for him that completely messes my routine
A minorAm A minorAm
so even just for a minute it'd feel like he's right next to me
C majorC C majorC
I would take time out of busy days so I could hear his laugh
A minorAm A minorAm
listen to his favorite songs while staring at his photograph
FF FF
I needed him, I wanted him, right person but wrong time
G+G G+G
and on September 9, the telephone cord cut the line
C majorC C majorC A minorAm
but you said it yourself, flowers from 1970 couldn't last that long and you were my flower
FF FF
and for one last time I said "goodbye old man"
G+G G+G
you said "you take care of those flowers, wrong number."
Chorus:
C majorC
When I’m Talking To Him That’s The Happiest I’ll Ever Be
A minorAm
And He Makes Me Feel So Special, I Love It Whenever He
FF
Compliments Me, Tries To Hide The Fact That He’s Obsessed With Me
G+G
Went Through Trouble, Sending Me Flowers From 1970
Interlude:
C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
Chorus:
C majorC
When I’m Talking To Him That’s The Happiest I’ll Ever Be
A minorAm
and he made me feel so special but it broke me when he
FF
asked for closure, proof that in 1970, a man
G+G
who didn't even exist yet had loved me.
C majorC C majorC
you said you just can't have your heart in 2020 with me
A minorAm A minorAm
when your heart belongs there in 1970
FF FF
maybe in another life we'd do the things we couldn't do
G+G G+G
so I'd hold you in my arms and tell you how much I love you.
C majorC
One Day A augmentedA Man From 1970 Gave Me A augmentedA Call.
A minorAm E minorEm
Now My Only Memories Of Him Are Handprints On The Wall.
FF
And That Faded Green Paint 3 Familiar Words Were Written Under
G+G
Once Upon A augmentedA Time, Same Room, Same House, 50 Years Apart.
We Have Loved Each Other