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