Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Verse 1:
G+G E minorEm
Your shades on my dashboard, shoes on my floorboard
B minorBm C majorC
Lived in that old Chevrolet
G+G E minorEm
We were two Roman candles, too hot to handle
B minorBm C majorC
Two hearts that couldn't be tamed
Pre-Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
Yeah, we knew what was comin’
B minorBm C majorC
And laughed it off like it was nothin'
G+G E minorEm B minorBm
Oh, but time kept on runnin' and runnin’ away
Chorus:
Yeah, what can I say?
G+G E minorEm
We had our hopes up and the windows down
B minorBm C majorC
Fallin' fast in a one-lane town
G+G E minorEm
Tangled up with your lips on mine
B minorBm C majorC
Never seen a brighter green in those eyes and
G+G E minorEm
I put my jacket on your shoulder
B minorBm C majorC
Wishin' the weather wasn't gettin' colder
G+G E minorEm
Lettin' you go, holdin' onto each other
B minorBm C majorC G+G
Closin' our eyes, sayin’, "Slow down, summer"
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
(Slow down, summer)
Verse 2:
G+G E minorEm
I was beggin’ those leaves, "Don't go changin’ on me"
B minorBm C majorC
"Friday night lights, stay away"
G+G E minorEm
But the Fourth of July was just smoke in the sky
B minorBm C majorC
And our sunburns were startin' to fade
Pre-Chorus:
G+G E minorEm
Yeah, we knew what was comin'
B minorBm C majorC
And laughed it off like it was nothin'
G+G E minorEm B minorBm
Oh, but time kept on runnin’ and runnin' away
Chorus:
Yeah, those were the days
G+G E minorEm
We had our hopes up and the windows down
B minorBm C majorC
Fallin' fast in a one-lane town
G+G E minorEm
Tangled up with your lips on mine
B minorBm C majorC
Never seen a brighter green in those eyes and
G+G E minorEm
I put my jacket on your shoulder
B minorBm C majorC
Wishin' the weather wasn't gettin' colder
G+G E minorEm
Lettin' you go, holdin' onto each other
B minorBm C majorC G+G
Closin' our eyes, sayin’, "Slow down, summer"
E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
(Slow down, summer)
Bridge:
G+G E minorEm
Why couldn't you slow down, summer?
B minorBm C majorC
Just wait a minute, we weren't finished
G+G E minorEm
Can we just hold onto each other?
B minorBm C majorC G+G E minorEm
Take me back to the beginnin', oh
B minorBm C majorC G+G E minorEm
Slow down, summer
B minorBm C majorC
Slow down, summer
Chorus:
Yeah, those were the days
G+G E minorEm
We had our hopes up and the windows down
B minorBm C majorC
Fallin' fast in a one-lane town
G+G E minorEm
Tangled up with your lips on mine
B minorBm C majorC
Never seen a brighter green in those eyes and
G+G E minorEm
I put my jacket on your shoulder
B minorBm C majorC
Wishin' the weather wasn't gettin' colder
G+G E minorEm
Lettin' you go, holdin' onto each other
B minorBm C majorC G+G
Closin' our eyes, sayin’, "Slow down, summer"
Outro:
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Oh (Slow down, summer)
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Slow down, summer, yeah
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Why couldn't you slow down, summer?
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Why couldn't you slow down?
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Slow down
G+G E minorEm B minorBm C majorC
Why couldn't you slow down, summer?