Twenty-one chords by Corey Smith

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G

Verse 1:
   C majorC   C/BC/B  A minorAm    G+G     C majorC    C/BC/B  A minorAm  G+G
When I was only seventeen, I couldn't wait for twenty one
  C majorC    C/BC/B   A minorAm    G+G     C majorC      C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
I'd hang around on Clayton Street in the bars there gettin' drunk
  C majorC    C/BC/B    A minorAm  G+G   C majorC   C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
A augmentedA baseball cap and a fake ID would get me in the clubs
   C majorC    C/BC/B      A minorAm     G+G   C majorC     C/BC/B  A minorAm  G+G
Then I would dance with the college girls and lie about who I was
    C majorC    C/BC/B     A minorAm  G+G     C majorC  C/BC/B  A minorAm  G+G
I'd say "I'm pre-Law. here at U of A, live at Presidential Two.
   C majorC    C/BC/B   A minorAm     G+G   C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm G+G
I was raised over in Buckhead, I drive a BMW."

Chorus:
    FF       F/E  DmDm        C majorC        FF
I was breakin' hearts and takin' names and numbers just for fun.
FF F/E  DmDm      G+G        C majorC
Stealin' kisses wishin' I was twenty one.

C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G


Verse 2:
   C majorC     C/BC/B   A minorAm    G+G    C majorC    C/BC/B A minorAm  G+G
When Thursdays came and pocket change would quickly disappear
 C majorC     C/BC/B  A minorAm  G+G      C majorC   C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
Upstairs at Lowry's Tavern, we'd pay a nickel for the beer
 C majorC    C/BC/B      A minorAm   G+G    C majorC     C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
Shootin' pool, smokin' cigarettes with a dizzy head and a grin
C majorC   C/BC/B    AM    G+G    C majorC      C/BC/B     A minorAm  G+G
Four A.M. on a school night, still hangin' out with my friends
  C majorC    C/BC/B   AM    G+G    C majorC   C/BC/B    A minorAm  G+G
One hour's sleep on a dirty couch, no shower, off to school
 C majorC    C/BC/B     A minorAm  G+G    C majorC  C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
Smellin' just like a brewery with a bad hangover too


Chorus:
  FF     F/E    DmDm        C majorC       FF
The teachers all would hassle me: "Stay awake, pay attention"
FF F/E DmDm          G+G       C majorC
I was catchin' hell, wishin' I was twenty one.

C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G

Bridge:
   A minorAm    G+G   FF         DmDm    G+G   C majorC
The youngest one of all my friends, I didn't act my age
A minorAm   G+G     FF           DmDm      G+G
Too cool for the football games and the homecoming parades


Chorus:
  FF    F/E    DmDm          C majorC     FF
Now I look back and I have to smile, cause boy it was fun
FF F/E DmDm         G+G       C majorC
Bein' seventeen, wishin' I was twenty one

C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G

Verse 3:
C majorC    C/BC/B  A minorAm   G+G     C majorC     C/BC/B   A minorAm G+G
Now I'm only twenty six, feelin' more like forty three
  C majorC     C/BC/B  A minorAm G+G    C majorC   C/BC/B  A minorAm G+G
My hairline's disappearing, and I never get ID'd
   C majorC     C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G    C majorC    C/BC/B A minorAm G+G
My clothes are out of fashion, no I'm not cool anymore
    C majorC   C/BC/B  A minorAm     G+G     C majorC   C/BC/B    A minorAm  G+G
In the bed by ten o'clock each night, and up at half-past four
   C majorC   C/BC/B     A minorAm    G+G     C majorC       C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
Still I go down to that college town when the Crimson Tide plays at home
    C majorC     C/BC/B  A minorAm    G+G    C majorC      C/BC/B   A minorAm  G+G
I drink keg beer from a trash can 'till the whole damn thing is gone


Chorus:
    FF    F/E    DmDm        C majorC      FF
Then I look at all those college girls so innocent and young
FF  F/E  DmDm           G+G              C majorC
And I just check 'em out, and say "Damn... I wish I was twenty one"

C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm G+G FF G+G

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