The Band And I chords by Maisie Peters

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

♫ Verse 1:
     D MajorD
We played Heads Up in a car in Seattle
  B minorBm
God rock on the radio
        A augmentedA
You look like a superstar

And Dom got into Juilliard
           G+G
And I'm really bad at Heads Up, what do you know?
      D MajorD
My drummer fell for a girl in a cookie shop
          B minorBm
He said he'd make a move and then he went with, "Excuse me "
        A augmentedA
Came a boy and left a man

Gotta give it to the band
        G+G
Greatest one in Oregon (Oregon)

♫ Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm           G+G
And looking back, all I know is


♫ Chorus:
    D MajorD
It was Friday nights, it was video gold
      A augmentedA
Oh, it was shining lights, it was rock 'n' roll
      B minorBm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
      G+G
And it was making it, messin' it up
    D MajorD
It was endless roads in the same old boots
      A augmentedA
Oh, it was letting go of everything but you
      B minorBm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
     G+G                   D MajorD
If we're livin' the dream, I hope we never wake up


♫ Verse 2:
D MajorD
Snowstorm in the middle of Texas
     B minorBm
Called my mother in a Denny's and lied
          A augmentedA
Told her I've been needing them

Told her you were just a friend
        G+G
Told her I was homesick

I hadn't thought of home twice

♫ Pre-Chorus:
B minorBm                G+G
Driving and we drive again to an ocean
A augmentedA
And I think I knew it then for a moment


♫ Chorus:
    D MajorD
It was Friday nights, it was video gold
      A augmentedA
Oh, it was shining lights, it was rock 'n' roll
      B minorBm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
      G+G
And it was making it, messin' it up
    D MajorD
It was endless roads in the same old boots
      A augmentedA
Oh, it was letting go of everything but you
      B minorBm
It was the band and I on a twelve-bed bus
     G+G                   D MajorD
If we're livin' the dream, I hope we never wake up
           A augmentedA
I hope we never wake up
           B minorBm
I hope we never wake up
          G+G
I hope we never wake


♫ Bridge:
D MajorD
Two nights in the El Rey went flying
  B minorBm
I'm twenty-one and I feel evergreen
          A augmentedA
The band go home, I stay to write

We drive around, I stay the night
         G+G
Guys, I'm pretty sure it's the American dream


♫ Verse 3:
    D MajorD
It was changing clocks, it was Tina stoned
      A augmentedA
Oh, it was midnight stops at border control
       B minorBm
Yeah, it was powercuts, it was certain doom
    G+G
It was living in the Little Rock laundry room
      D MajorD
Oh, it was breaking down, it was falling in love
   A augmentedA
In a gas station by the pick-up trucks
    B minorBm
In Philadelphia, it was crystal clear
      G+G
We are the best damn band that ever played right here


♫ Outro:
    D MajorD
It was magic band, pure and strong
      A augmentedA
It was the last man standing for the Eagles song
     B minorBm
It was a far flung wish when we were young
     G+G                     D MajorD
Now we're living the dream and I hope we never wake up