1953 chords by The National Parks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:
          E MajorE     BB  C# minorC#m
I found you in the summer heat, of 1953
 BB       G# minorG#m E MajorE   C# minorC#m
Wise words from your father said
  BB     G# minorG#m         C# minorC#m
"I know that boy's your brothers friend

 BB              F#F#       E MajorE
But I don't think he keeps comin' round for him"
 BB          A augmentedA
Again and again and again

Verse 2:
 F#F#      E MajorE
I had to swim away
C# minorC#m  BB       F# minorF#m    E MajorE
Semper Fi but I'll be back someday
BB          F# minorF#m    E MajorE
I'll take you by the hand and say
BB           A augmentedA    (BB)
Be mine, be mine, be mine

Chorus:
    E MajorE         C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
    E MajorE       C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
It's alright, I will never leave your side
  E MajorE       A augmentedA      F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
 F#F# G# minorG#m E MajorE
In 1953

Verse 3:
              C# minorC#m
Leave New York and see the country side
 BB         F# minorF#m  E MajorE
Little city and a bigger life
C# minorC#m    BB      E MajorE
Watch it grow into a thousand eyes
C# minorC#m    BB     A augmentedA
It's ours, it's ours, it's ours
 C# minorC#m      BB     A augmentedA
Oh It's ours, it's ours, it's ours


Chorus:
      E MajorE       C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
    E MajorE      C# minorC#m        A augmentedA
It's alright, I will never leave your side
   E MajorE      A augmentedA      F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And oh when it's time, you can come find me
 F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
In 1953

Bridge:
           E MajorE
It's written in the gold rain
        C# minorC#m
Passed down the light
        E MajorE
Hangin' in the branches
          C# minorC#m
You see it in their eyes
         E MajorE
Pressed in the concrete
         C# minorC#m
Where we used to reside
   BB      A augmentedA   BB
It's larger than life

Chorus:
       E MajorE      C# minorC#m          A augmentedA
And if someday, you grow tired and your memory fades
   E MajorE         C# minorC#m     A augmentedA
It's okay, and when my heart gives away
    E MajorE       C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
It’s alright, I will never leave your side
  E MajorE       A augmentedA     F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
And oh when it's time, Just come find me
 F# minorF#m G# minorG#m A augmentedA
In  1953