Intro
D# Gm x 2
[Verse]
D#
I had a sugar-coated childhood
Gm
The stars were in my soul
D#
But given the opportunity
Gm
I’d start over and change it all
D#
Beatlemania made my mother
Gm
Think the way she does
D#
She always said
Gm D#
"Don’t waste your life wishing everything was how it was"
Gm D# Gm
Paul is alive
D# Gm
I was in a moment for a moment
Then I wasn’t
D#
I was sixteen years old in a dead guy’s boots
Gm
With my hair slicked to the side
D#
Sitting outside the Jockey Club
Gm
Crying in my 7-up
D#
I could hear Husker Du and The Smiths
Gm D#
The Sluggos, The Cramps go bup bup bup bup inside
Gm D# Gm
Paul is alive
[Chorus 1]
D# Gm
Nobody stays above
D# Gm
Out in the waves of love
D# Gm
Nobody stays above
D#
Out in the waves of love
F
Inside the Jockey Club
G
I’m even
[Verse]
Gm F6
I’ve never been this far up the river
F C
And I don’t want to go
Gm F6
Nobody makes you beg to be different
F C
And there’s Foster's on the floor
[Solo]
Gm F6 F C x 2
[Bridge]
Gm F6
If I go
F
Will I find
C
There’s a waiting line?
Cm Gm
Maybe I should take my time
F C
‘Cause I never heard of anybody coming back
[Chorus 2]
D# Gm
Nobody stays above
D# Gm
Out in the waves of love
D# Gm
Nobody stays above
D#
Out in the waves of love
F
Inside the Jockey Club
G
I’m even with heaven
[Outro]
Gm F6
I’ve never been this far up the river
F C
And I don’t want to go
Gm F6
Nobody makes you beg to be different
F C
And there’s F#moster's on the floor