Eighteen chords by Tyler Lyle

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

intro:

G G G G
G G G G

verse 1:

G                    D
I wish I met you ten years ago,
Am              Em
when I was eighteen:
          C
A tragic late bloomer

With no sense of humor
G                    D
Dreaming of my gypsy queen.
               Am
You would have found me on the couch
C
Playing with my flip phone
        G
At some house party off-campus
           D
Waiting to walk home alone.
G                           D
You would have offered me a pot brownie,
Am                Em
When I imagine it now,

And we would have
C
Talked all night

Danced to the sunrise
    G                        D
And I would have kissed your mouth,

Without a doubt.
              Am
It would have saved us so much time,
C
Knowing it was always you
        G
On that far end of forever
     D
That I've been singing to.

chorus:

C          G
Forever is not enough.
         Em         D
I want a whole life through,

To love you.
C            G
I wish I had junior year
   Em                D
To disappear in your brown eyes.
C             D
My first song should have been your song.
C        D        Em                     C
My first high,  should have been your arms.
          D
A life to love you.
          G         D          Em
I want a whole life through to love you.
         C                     D              G       Em
I want a whole life through to love you more.
         C                     D              G
I want a whole life through to love you more.

verse 2:

G                   D                Am
I wish I met you at five years old
                       Em
Through a crack in the fence
          C
Back when clouds were angels and

Your hair was in tangles
        G                       D
And the world was its own sacrament.
         Am
In those halcyon flashes
            C
Through the hourglass sand.
         G
Now I only see in pictures
            D
When once I could have held your hand.
G                                D
I could have saved you from your parents' fighting.
Am                             Em
I could have joined you in the closet hiding.
C
You could have saved me from the predjudice
        G              D
And the goddamned fundamentalists.
           Am
But in the time that I have left,
           C
I will not waste the rest of these years.
       G
I want twenty Roman candles shooting;
        D
I want twin liter beers.

chorus:

C          G
Forever is not enough.
         Em         D
I want a whole life through,

To love you.
C                 G            Em             D
We could have had Springsteen, swim team, and blue skies.
C             D
My first song should have been your song.
G                 Em                           C
My first time,   should have been your arms.
          D
A life to love you.
         G                     Em
I want a whole life through to love you.
         C                     D            G    Em
I want a whole life through to love you more.
         C                     D            G    Em
I want a whole life through to love you more.

outro:
          C
And if we come back here,
      D               G
Let's find each other first.