Massachusetts chords by Jensen McRae

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

🎸 Verse 1:
G                                  C              D                            C
When someone tells me they're from Massachusetts, now I always ask, "What part "
G                        C                       D                        C
I wonder if you kept the pilgrim ashtray if it's still propped up on your bar cart
G                             C                           D                      C
Could make a grand off of the chain you bought me, but goddamn, it's not for sale
G                             C                     D                                    C D
When someone asks me who's my favorite Batman, I'll think of you and say, "Christian Bale"


🎸 Chorus:
   C                      G
As long as I live, I'll remember the names
        D                       Em    D
Of your favorite beers and your video games
    C                          G
The look on your face when you turned twenty-six
         D                              Em          D
And your dad got too stoned, yeah, that one's gonna stick
    C                         D                        B                     Em    D
You broke me to pieces, but I root for you even though everything went up in flames
     C                  G                             D                       C
I'll never forget how I bloomed for your gaze or your wall of guitars or your video games
        G     D    Em
Or your video games
        G     D    Em C
Or your video games

🎸 Verse 2:
G                           C                        D                    C
Pick up your phrases, now I say, "It's aces," but it always sounds so fake
G                          C               D                 C
I wonder if your tongue is turning over anything I used to say
G                          C                    D                 C
Your sister's trying for a baby lately and your parents got new jobs
G                         C                  D                C    D
It's getting darker, so I turn you down, but I can't turn you off, oh, oh


🎸 Chorus:
   C                      G
As long as I live, I'll remember the names
        D                       Em    D
Of your favorite beers and your video games
    C                          G
The look on your face when you turned twenty-six
         D                              Em          D
And your dad got too stoned, yeah, that one's gonna stick
    C                         D                        B                     Em    D
You broke me to pieces, but I root for you even though everything went up in flames
     C                  G                             D                       C
I'll never forget how I bloomed for your gaze or your wall of guitars or your video games
        G     D    Em
Or your video games
        G     D    Em C D
Or your video games


🎸 Bridge:
                      Em        C            D
At least I'm treading water and not about to drown
                  Em        C                  D
I'm not trying to find you, babe, you're just around
             Em       C            D
Everything reminds me of you, even now
               C D
Even now, even now


🎸 Outro:
   C                      G
As long as I live, I'll remember the names
        D                       Em    D
Of your favorite beers and your video games
    C                        G
The fire in my gut that I've chased ever since
D                Em           D
You set the bar, you're gonna stick