Intro
F#m E D A E/G# x3
[Verse 1]
F#m E
Oh, we met on a summer night
D A E/G#
On a park bench in my hometown on the 4th of July
F#m E
I played you that '73 Springsteen song
D A E/G#
I'd been staring at the stars with my lonely angel all night long
F#m E
And you played these six strings like they were part of my soul
D A E/G#
On from then it was all about guitars and getting stoned
F#m E
We watched those church bell blues go up in smoke
D A E/G#
Just rolling along when the good times rolled
[Chorus]
F#m E D A E/G#
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
F#m E D A E/G#
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
D E
There was wine on our lips and there was smoke on our breath
F#m E/G# D/A
Brought down my guards just to let you in
D E
We were like lovers in those songs, who'd have thought that's what we'd become
F#m E/G# D/A
When we had dreams and songs to sing
A E/G# D/A
we had everything
[Verse 2]
F#m E
The night sky became a solitude
D A E/G#
As I watched the beat of those big engines side by side with you
F#m E
You told me some of your stories and I told you some of mine
D A E/G#
And I found that harmony somewhere in your longing eyes
F#m E
Countless cups of coffee, countless cigarettes
D A E/G#
Countless days and nights and smiles I swore not to forget
F#m E
Countless times we fucked the law and then fucked some more
D A E/G#
Countless times I cursed the distance to the one to come back for
[Chorus]
F#m E D A E/G#
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
F#m E D A E/G#
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
D E
There was whiskey on our lips and there was smoke on our breath
F#m E/G# D/A
Brought down my guards just to let you in
D E
We were like lovers in those songs, so sure that that's what we'd become
F#m E/G# D/A
When we had dreams and songs to sing
A E/G# D/A
we had everything
[Guitar Solo]
F#m E D A E/G# x4
[Verse 3]
F#m E
You held me close on New Year's Eve
D A E/G#
Those shooting stars granted me my wish for you to save me
F#m E
You kept my head spinning and you made my heart sing
D A E/G#
Singing 'Hey there, lonely angel, where have you been?'
F#m E
I took you to that bar where my lost harmonies roam
D A E/G#
And I played you all these songs so I wouldn't have to spend the night alone
F#m E
Come morning the winter air was filled with snow
D A E/G#
Kissed you a thousand times goodbye and still it broke my heart to go
[Chorus]
F#m E D A E/G#
We were gonna meet in that town by the sea
F#m E D A E/G#
There was a promise of salvation, its echoes reaching out into our dreams
D E
There was smoke on our lips and we were out of breath
F#m E/G# D/A
Brought down my guards just to let you in
D E
We were like lovers in those songs, but that was all we would become
F#m E/G# D/A
When we had dreams and songs to sing
A E/G# D/A
Once we had everything