Intro
B D#m x 2
[Verse]
B
I had a sugar-coated childhood
D#m
The stars were in my soul
B
But given the opportunity
D#m
I’d start over and change it all
B
Beatlemania made my mother
D#m
Think the way she does
B
She always said
D#m B
"Don’t waste your life wishing everything was how it was"
D#m B D#m
Paul is alive
B D#m
I was in a moment for a moment
Then I wasn’t
B
I was sixteen years old in a dead guy’s boots
D#m
With my hair slicked to the side
B
Sitting outside the Jockey Club
D#m
Crying in my 7-up
B
I could hear Husker Du and The Smiths
D#m B
The Sluggos, The Cramps go bup bup bup bup inside
D#m B D#m
Paul is alive
[Chorus 1]
B D#m
Nobody stays above
B D#m
Out in the waves of love
B D#m
Nobody stays above
B
Out in the waves of love
C#
Inside the Jockey Club
D#
I’m even
[Verse]
D#m C#6
I’ve never been this far up the river
C# G#
And I don’t want to go
D#m C#6
Nobody makes you beg to be different
C# G#
And there’s Foster's on the floor
[Solo]
D#m C#6 C# G# x 2
[Bridge]
D#m C#6
If I go
C#
Will I find
G#
There’s a waiting line?
G#m D#m
Maybe I should take my time
C# G#
‘Cause I never heard of anybody coming back
[Chorus 2]
B D#m
Nobody stays above
B D#m
Out in the waves of love
B D#m
Nobody stays above
B
Out in the waves of love
C#
Inside the Jockey Club
D#
I’m even with heaven
[Outro]
D#m C#6
I’ve never been this far up the river
C# G#
And I don’t want to go
D#m C#6
Nobody makes you beg to be different
C# G#
And there’s F#moster's on the floor