A Lifetime Acoustic Chords

Capo 2nd fret

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D/F♯m 200232

CAllie woke up 8GAM

DGrF♯maduation day.

Cadd9Got into a car,

GAnd crashed along tDsus2he way.

CWhen we arrived late Gto the wake,

Dsus2Stole the urn while they looked away,

Cadd9And drove to the beach

 'Cause I kGnew you'd want it tDhaF♯mt way.

AmAnd you were standing on the Am7hood of the car

CSinging out loud when tDheF♯m sun came up.

Chorus

 And I Cknow I wasn't right, G

 But it felt so gDsus2ood.

Cadd9And your mother didn't mind, G

 Like I thought she wDouF♯mld.

 And that CREM song was Gplaying

 In my mDind.

 And tAmhree and a half minutAm7es C

DFelt like a lifetime...

 It felt like a lifetiCme G D F♯m

*BRIDGE*

 And you move like wCater (Gyeah..D.)F♯m

 I could drown inCadd9 you. G Dsus2

 And I fell so dCeep once, (Gyeah...D) F♯m

 Till you pulled me Cadd9throooughG (ohh oDsus2hh...)

 YoDsus2u would tell me

Am"No one is allowed to Am7be so proud

CThey never reach out when they'rDe F♯mgiving up."

 And I kCnow I wasn't right,G

 But it felt so gDsus2ood.

 And your Cadd9mother didn't mind, G

 Like I thought she DwoF♯muld.

 And that CREM song was pGlaying

Dsus2In my mind.

AmAnd three and a half miAm7nutes C

DFelt like a lifetime...

CAre you siGtting in the lDigF♯mhts?

 Or combing your Cadd9hair again, G

 And talking in Dsus2rhymes?

Cadd9Are you sGitting in theDsus2 liiiiDghF♯mts?

(softly...)

CWhen I got home, Gheard the phone,

 Your pareDnts had arrived.

CAnd your dad set his jaw

GYour mom just smiled and Dsighed.

(getting louder...)

CBut they left soon and I Gwent to my room.

DPlF♯mayed that disc that you'd given me,

 And I sCadd9hut my eyes G

 Swear I could hear thDsus2e sea...

AmWhen we were standing on the Am7hood of your car

CSinging out loud when the sDun came up.