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