Eighteen chords by Ellis Paul

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

 G+G | G+G C majorC | G+G | D MajorD :


Verse 1:
G+G
(It) was a summer night
C majorC
I took off in my old man's car
G+G               D MajorD
Rolled the windows right on down
G+G
I cranked up the radio
C majorC
And chased a meteor
G+G           D MajorD
On a dirt road out of town

Chorus 1:
 C majorC
Tonight
     G+G
There's a bonfire in Walker's field
 C majorC
Tonight
    G+G
In the firelight our dreams revealed
 C majorC
Tonight
    G+G
You can chase away your high school years
A minorAm              C majorC
Shadows dancing wildly at the scene
   A minorAm
But I never knew right then
       C majorC
Just what it means
   G+G
To be eighteen

 G+G C majorC | G+G | D MajorD :


Verse 2:
G+G
The voice of Jimmy Aberdeen
C majorC
Still washes over me
G+G               D MajorD
He had a laugh like a thunder cloud
G+G
He's holding blue spray paint
C majorC
Jimmy was no saint
G+G             D MajorD
But he could always draw the crowd

Chorus 2:
   C majorC
That night
        G+G
We climbed the water tower in Walker's field
   C majorC
That night
     G+G
Above the lights of town our fates were sealed
   C majorC
That night
   G+G
Jimmy fell down through the darkness
  A minorAm                C majorC
An ambulance brought silence to the scene
  A minorAm
And carried off the life
      C majorC
And broken dreams
  G+G
Of Jimmy Aberdeen

 G+G C majorC | G+G | D MajorD :


Instrumental:
 G+G | C majorC | G+G | C majorC :
 A minorAm | C majorC | A minorAm | C majorC :


Verse 3:
G+G
Now the years have passed
C majorC
The cabbie taps the glass
G+G
We're outside
      D MajorD
My reunion hall
G+G
He leaves me to the night
C majorC
I can count the satellites
G+G
I see the tower
    D MajorD
Looming tall


Chorus 3:
 C majorC
Tonight
  G+G
I'm taking on my memory
 C majorC
Tonight
       G+G
I climbed the water tower for all to see
 C majorC
Tonight
 G+G
I painted steel with cobalt blue
A minorAm
Spelling out
       C majorC
My graduation year
     A minorAm
Above the highway
          C majorC
That took me out of here


Bridge:
   A minorAm
And I finally think
     C majorC
I really know what it means
   G+G
To be eighteen
C majorC
Eighteen
G+G
Eighteen


Instrumental:
 G+G | G+G C majorC | G+G | D MajorD :