Saves The Day
Banned From The Back Porch
Through Being Cool
1999 Vagrant Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: A

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
F#m -  244222
D -    xx0232
A -    x02220
E -    022100
E/G# - 476xxx
Bm -   x24432
C#m -  x46654


Intro: F#m--D-- x4


Verse 1:
F#m                A
   I stepped out into the
D    F#m
night   and put my feet down
      A   E/G#  D
on the wet    patio floor
F#m                  A
   The sky's air had been 
   D   F#m
cooling   and steam 
         A   E/G# D
rose from eve---rywhere
   F#m D    F#m D
whoa     whoa


Verse 2:
F#m        A             D
   I could feel drops of rain 
         F#m
slipping off tree's leaves 
      A    E/G# D
and splattering to the
      F#m            A
ground   It's always misty 
D      F#m           A E/G#
after a   summer pour
D
remember turning-


Refrain 1:
  F#m
-around and looking 
E
out And staring
A  D            F#m
in and focusing on
         E/G#          A--
this one beautiful girl


Chorus 1:
            D
And I said "Oh who is
A    Bm C#m D
this?       Where was 
    A         F#m   E
she all those crazy years?
   D
And Oh who is
A    Bm C#m D
this?       Where was 
            A
she when my heart
F#m      E
couldn't take its beat?"


Verse 3:
F#m A D         F#m A
       I sipped down
D                  F#m A
  some warm ginger ale
D                 F#m
  And drew back a breath
    A      E/G#
And headed over to
D(hold)
see about this girl


Refrain 2:
F#m              E/G#
   Oh I couldn't say a 
         A
thing and Oh I just
      D
stared open and wide
F#m             E/G#
And I connected with
            A
her eyes to feel
my gut fall
A(Hold)     drumbeats
through the floor and


Chorus 2:
            D
And I said "Oh who is
A    Bm C#m D
this?       Where was 
    A         F#m   E
she all those crazy years?
   D
And Oh who is
A    Bm C#m D
this?       Where was 
            A
she when my heart
F#m      E
couldn't take its beat?"
D
 Oh who is
A    Bm C#m D
this?       Where was 
    A         F#m   E
she all those crazy years?
   D
And Oh who is
A    Bm C#m D
this?       Where was 
            A(hold)
she when my heart
F#m(hold) E(hold)        A-A-D(Hold)
couldn't  take its beat?"