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