Chords with lyrics
Intro:
FF
G+G
A minorAm
E minorEm
FF
G+G
C majorC
E minorEm
Optional Riff:
FF
G+G
A minorAm
E minorEm
e|------------------|---------------3---|-0-------0-0-------|-------------------|
BB|----1-1-------1---|-----3-3---------6-|---1---------1-----|-0-------0-0-------|
G+G|--2---------2-----|---4---------4-----|-----2-2-------2-2-|---0---------0-----|
D MajorD|-3-------3-3----3-|-5-------5-5-------|-------------------|-----2-2-------2-2-|
A augmentedA|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E MajorE|------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Verse 1:
DmDm
G+G
I think about that day I left him at a Greyhound station
C majorC
A augmentedA
West of Sante Fe, we were seventeen
DmDm
G+G
C majorC
but he was sweet and it was true, still I did what I had to do
A minorAm
'Cuz I just knew
DmDm
G+G
Summer Sunday nights we'd sink into our seats
C majorC
Right as they dimmed out all the lights
A augmentedA
DmDm
The Technicolor world made out of music and machine
G+G
C majorC
It called me to be on that screen
A minorAm
And live inside its sheen
Pre-Chorus:
FF
Without a nickel to my name
G+G
Hopped a bus, here I came
A minorAm
Could be brave or just insane
E minorEm
We'll have to see
FF
'Cuz maybe in that sleepy town
G+G
He'll sit one day, the lights are down
C majorC
E MajorE
He'll see my face and think of how he used to know me
Chorus:
FF
G+G
A minorAm
Climb these hills I'm reaching for the heights
DmDm
G+G
C majorC
And chasing all the lights that shine
A minorAm
G+G
And when they let you down (it's another day of sun)
A minorAm
G+G
You'll get up off the ground (it's another day of sun)
A minorAm
G+G
C majorC
E MajorE