Transcribed by ear Intro (played on the high e-string): e:-7-8-10-8- x10 Verse: G In the night, in the beat city light, Em D G we steal ourselves away and hold on tight. You were there, yeah we were all there, Em D G too young, too smart, too much for this one town. Em D C When we'd get so high we got lost coming down. Pre-chorus: Am Em G When we were kids in the street, kids in the street. Am Em G When we were kids in the street, just kids in the street. Remember when we... Chorus: Em C G We used to laugh, we used to cry, live and die by the forty-five. Em C G Take me back, I'll go there. Who could stop us, and who would... Am Em G ...care, always keep to the kids in the street. Intro: E :-7-8-10-8- x4 Verse: G We were dreams, we were American graffiti scenes. Em D G No war, no peace, no hopes, no me just us. And the songs with the words we'd sing wrong, Em D G we'd drive until that jealous sun fell down. Em D C Just to wash ourselves in the moonlight summer sounds. Pre-chorus: Am Em G When we were kids in the street, kids in the street. Am Em G When we were kids in the street, just kids in the street. Remember when we... Chorus: Em C G We used to laugh, we used to cry, live and die by the forty-five. Em C G Take me back, I'll go there. Who could stop us, and who would... Am Em G ...care, always keep to the kids in the street. Bridge: Bm G And we never felt, so alive. Bm G And we'd dance, all night, under the sky. Em C We'd live, we'd breath, we'd die. Em D When the world, stood, still, for you and I. Just... Verse: G Candles burn, 'cause the world will always turn Em D G I'll burn both ends until my fire's out Em D C Lost in the darkness I can still scream out. Chorus: Em C G We used to laugh, we used to cry, say goodbye to I-35. Em C G Take me back, down a dirty road, where it went we didn't care to know. Em C G A glory night is a story saved. Mark the chapter, but turn the... Am Em G ...page, always keep, to kids in the street. Am Em G When we were kids in the street, just kids in the street.