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