Intro: F5 A5 G5 (x2)
F5 A5 G5
Allie woke up eight am graduation day
F5 A5 G5
got into her car crashed along the way
F5 A5 G5
we arrived late, to the wake, stole the urn while they looked away
F5 A5 G5
and drove to the beach, cause I knew you'd want it that way
D5 D5 / E5
We were standing on the hood of the car
F5 G5
singing out loud when the sun came up
F5 A5 G5
And I know it wasn't right, but it felt so good
F5 A5 G5
And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would
F5 A5 G5
And that REM song was playing in my mind.
D5 D5 / E5
And three and a half minutes...
F5 G5
felt like a lifetime
F5 A5 G5 F5 A5 G5 (pause)
felt like a lifetime
F5 A5 G5
And you move like water
F5 A5 G5
I could drown in you
F5 A5 G5
And I fell so deep once
F5 A5 G5
Till you pulled me through you would tell me
D5 D5 / E5
No one is allowed to be so proud
F5 G5
They never reached in till they'd given up (?)
F5 A5 G5
And I know it wasn't right, but it felt so good
F5 A5 G5
And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would
F5 A5 G5
And that REM song was playing in my mind.
D5 D5 / E5
And three and a half minutes...
F5 G5
felt like a lifetime
(LISTEN TO THE CD FOR THE TIMING, IT'S ALL FAST BAR CHORDS)
E5 / D5 /A5 / G5 / D5 / A5 / F5 G5
F5 G5 D5 A5 G5 A5 F5 G5
Are you standing in the light,
E5 / D5 /A5 / G5 / D5 / A5 / F5 G5
combing your hair again
F5 G5
and talking in ryhmes
F5 G5 D5 A5 G5 A5 F5 G5 (hold)
are you standing in the light
F5 A5 G5
When I got home heard the phone, your parents had arrived
F5 A5 G5
Your dad set his jaw, your ma just smiled and sighed
F5 A5 G5
But they left soon, so I went to my room played that disc that you'd given me
F5 A5 G5
Shut my eyes, I swear I could hear the sea
D5 D5 / E5
We were standing on the hood of the car
F5 G5
singing out loud when the sun came up
F5 A5 G5
And I know it wasn't right, but it felt so good
F5 A5 G5
And your mother didn't mind, like I thought she would
F5 A5 G5
And that REM song was playing in my mind.
D5 D5 / E5 F5
And three and a half minutes...
G5
felt like a life time
