Intro (played on the high e-string):
E:-7-8-10-8- x9 -7-8-7-5 x1

Verse:
GIn (320003@1)the night, in the beat city light,
   Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)              Gwe (320003@1)steal ourselves away and hold on tight.

You were there, yeah we were all there,
    Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)               Gtoo (320003@1)young, too smart, too much for this one town.
     Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)                     CWhen (x32010@1)we'd get so high we got lost coming down.

Pre-chorus:
Am (x02210@1)                     Em (022000@1)    GWhen (320003@1)we were kids in the street, kids in the street.
Am (x02210@1)                     Em (022000@1)    GWhen (320003@1)we were kids in the street, just kids in the street.

Remember when we...

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)               GWe (320003@1)used to laugh, we used to cry,

live and die by the forty-five.
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)           GTake (320003@1)me back, I'll go there.

Who could stop us, and who would...
   Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)        G...care, (320003@1)always keep to the kids in the street.

Intro:
E:-7-8-10-8- x3 -7-8-7-5 x1

Verse:
GWe (320003@1)were dreams, we were American graffiti scenes.
Em (022000@1)                 D (xx0232@1)               GNo (320003@1)war, no peace, no hopes, no me just us.

And the songs with the words we'd sing wrong,
     Em (022000@1)             D (xx0232@1)              Gwe'd (320003@1)drive until that jealous sun fell down.
        Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)              CJust (x32010@1)to wash ourselves in the moonlight summer sounds.

Pre-chorus:
Am (x02210@1)                     Em (022000@1)    GWhen (320003@1)we were kids in the street, kids in the street.
Am (x02210@1)                     Em (022000@1)    GWhen (320003@1)we were kids in the street, just kids in the street.

Remember when we...

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)               GWe (320003@1)used to laugh, we used to cry,

live and die by the forty-five.
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)           GTake (320003@1)me back, I'll go there.

Who could stop us, and who would...
   Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)        G...care, (320003@1)always keep to the kids in the street.

Bridge:
Bm (x24432@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)we never felt, so alive.
         Bm (x24432@1)                         GAnd (320003@1)we'd dance, all night, under the sky.
     Em (022000@1)                    CWe'd (x32010@1)live, we'd breath, we'd die.
         Em (022000@1)                             DWhen (xx0232@1)the world, stood, still, for you and I.

Just...

Verse:
GCandles (320003@1)burn, 'cause the world will always turn
     Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)             GI'll (320003@1)burn both ends until my fire's out
     Em (022000@1)            D (xx0232@1)                CLost (x32010@1)in the darkness I can still scream out.

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)               GWe (320003@1)used to laugh, we used to cry,

say goodbye to I-35.
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)                GTake (320003@1)me back, down a dirty road,

where it went we didn't care to know.
Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)              GA (320003@1)glory night is a story saved.

Mark the chapter, but turn the...
   Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)     G...page, (320003@1)always keep, to kids in the street.
Am (x02210@1)                     Em (022000@1)    GWhen (320003@1)we were kids in the street, just kids in the street.

Intro(until the song fades out):
E:-7-8-10-8- x3 -7-8-7-5 x1