18 Summers chords by Matthew West

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Gb Db/F  Ebm Gb/Bb  Cb Gb/Bb  Cb  Dbsus Db

Verse 1:
Gb             Db/F
One, we didn’t sleep at all
Ebm                Gb/Bb
Two, was footsteps down the hall
Cb                     Gb/Bb           Dbsus
Three, you’re jumping   to   me in the pool
Gb                Db/F
Four was princess dressing up
Ebm             Gb/Bb
Five was tea in plastic cups
Cb                Gb/Bb           Cb     Dbsus
Six, you got your backpack off to school

Pre-Chorus 1:
        Abm        Gb/Bb    Cb
Can’t believe how  fast  it flies
            Abm       Gb/Bb  Cb         Dbsus
They always say don’t blink, now I know  why

Chorus:
Gb         Db/F
18 summers gone like that]
Ebm          Gb/Bb
18 years you don’t get back
Cb        Gb/Bb          Cb                Dbsus
18 trips around the sun, don’t it make you wonder
    Gb                  Db/F
Why holding time’s like holding sand
Ebm             Gb/Bb
Always slipping through my hands
Cb               Gb/Bb        Abm
What I’d give to hold you for another
Db
18 summers

Turn:
Gb Db/F  Ebm Gb/Bb  Cb Gb/Bb Cb  Dbsus Db

Verse 2:
Gb            Db/F
Seven was the Disney trip
Ebm               Gb/Bb
Eight was singing Taylor Swift
Cb               Gb/Bb               Cb        Dbsus
Nine was bedtime prayers and saying “Jesus I believe”
Gb                  Db/F
Ten, eleven, like a weed you grew
Ebm                     Gb/Bb
Twelve, thirteen, well, middle school
Cb                      Gb/Bb             Cb               Dbsus
Fourteen, high school’s coming and you’re way too cool for  me

Pre-Chorus 2:
        Abm        Gb/Bb    Cb
Can’t believe how  fast  it flies

Chorus:
Gb         Db/F
18 summers gone like that]
Ebm          Gb/Bb
18 years you don’t get back
Cb        Gb/Bb          Cb                Dbsus
18 trips around the sun, don’t it make you wonder
    Gb                  Db/F
Why holding time’s like holding sand
Ebm             Gb/Bb
Always slipping through my hands
Cb               Gb/Bb        Abm
What I’d give to hold you for another
Db
18 summers

Bridge:
Cb
Fifteen, first boy broke your heart
Gb/Bb
Sixteen, driving daddy’s car
Abm                                      Gb             Abm  Gb/Bb
Seventeen, you’re wild and free, and I’m waiting up for you
Cb
Then there you stood, cap and gown
        Gb/Bb
And I’m smiling as I think about
    Abm       Gb/Bb                Cb
How every one before’s what led us to

Verse 3:
Gb               Db/F
Dorm room number 205
  Ebm              Gb/Bb
A grown man trying  not  to cry
      Cb         Gb/Bb             Cb
Can’t wait to see all you’re gonna do
     Gb                 Db/F
Your mom and me and two aching hearts
Ebm                Gb/Bb
Driving home in an empty car
Cb                   Gb/Bb            Cb
Thanking God for the gift of raising you
For 18 summers

Outro:
Gb Db/F  Ebm Gb/Bb  Cb Gb/Bb  Cb  Dbsus Db  Gb