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