Twenty-one chords by Corey Smith

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C  C/B  Am  G  F  G

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

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

C  C/B  Am  G  F  G


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


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

C  C/B  Am  G  F  G


Bridge:
     Am       G     F                  Dm        G      C
The youngest one of all my friends, I didn't act my age
Am      G         F                      Dm           G
Too cool for the football games and the homecoming parades


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

C  C/B  Am  G  F  G

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


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

C  C/B  Am  G  F  G