Intro
C Em x 2
[Verse]
C
I had a sugar-coated childhood
Em
The stars were in my soul
C
But given the opportunity
Em
I’d start over and change it all
C
Beatlemania made my mother
Em
Think the way she does
C
She always said
Em C
"Don’t waste your life wishing everything was how it was"
Em C Em
Paul is alive
C Em
I was in a moment for a moment
Then I wasn’t
C
I was sixteen years old in a dead guy’s boots
Em
With my hair slicked to the side
C
Sitting outside the Jockey Club
Em
Crying in my 7-up
C
I could hear Husker Du and The Smiths
Em C
The Sluggos, The Cramps go bup bup bup bup inside
Em C Em
Paul is alive
[Chorus 1]
C Em
Nobody stays above
C Em
Out in the waves of love
C Em
Nobody stays above
C
Out in the waves of love
D
Inside the Jockey Club
E
I’m even
[Verse]
Em D6
I’ve never been this far up the river
D A
And I don’t want to go
Em D6
Nobody makes you beg to be different
D A
And there’s Foster's on the floor
[Solo]
Em D6 D A x 2
[Bridge]
Em D6
If I go
D
Will I find
A
There’s a waiting line?
Am Em
Maybe I should take my time
D A
‘Cause I never heard of anybody coming back
[Chorus 2]
C Em
Nobody stays above
C Em
Out in the waves of love
C Em
Nobody stays above
C
Out in the waves of love
D
Inside the Jockey Club
E
I’m even with heaven
[Outro]
Em D6
I’ve never been this far up the river
D A
And I don’t want to go
Em D6
Nobody makes you beg to be different
D A
And there’s F#moster's on the floor