Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verses

 Oh first things first: how have you been?

 It's been way too long since I've seen

...

Chorus

 Don't burn the whole place down#

 'Cause I finally love this town

 It's everything the child in me

 needs to reconcile to see

...

Lyrics:

Oh first things first, how have you been?

It's been way too long since I've seen

your perfect face is lost in time

I see your hand is shaking but so is mine

Because we've barely spoken these last years

But now every memory's woken between my ears

All the life lived separate but not so different

All these streets may be the same but not the rent

Don't burn the whole place down

'Cause I finally love this town

It's everything the child in me

needs to reconcile to see

The man who put himself so far

Away from every childhood scar

that lit the road ahead so bright

I thank God they're back here tonight

Oh first things first: is it hard

to see my face again in this bar?

Oh do you remember what happened here

all those years ago do you, dear?

Oh I first kissed you and you kissed back

It was the purest moment This is a fact

'Cause we have been too far now to bend the truth

I wanna make new memories under this roof

Barefoot on the wine soaked ground

The same songs, the same old sounds

Each one a perfect fit

this hit heralds a perfect hit

Shaken to the pounding drums

I won't wait till the kingdom comes

'Cause I finally understand

As your hand defines my hand

Oh don't burn the whole place down

'Cause I finally love this town

It's everything the child in me

needs to reconcile to see

The man who put himself so far

away from every well earned scar

that lit the road ahead so bright

I thank God they're back here tonight