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