( C5 - C5 ) x4 Half Mile ( C5 ) Hill, ( C5 ) eight years ( C5 ) old ( C5 ) Standing on ( C5 ) top ( C5 ) with the world ( C5 ) below ( C5 ) ( F5 ) Me and my dad Talking ( C5 ) man to ( C5 ) man ( C5 - C5 ) Suitcase ( C5 ) packed, ( C5 ) he was moving ( C5 ) out ( C5 ) Said, It's no one's ( C5 ) fault, ( C5 ) but I had ( C5 ) my ( C5 ) doubts ( F5 ) And I have them still Up on ( C5 ) Half Mile ( C5 ) Hill ( C5 - C5 ) (Chorus) You can see the ( F5 ) ball fields Watch the cars go 'round the ( C5 ) courthouse ( G5 ) See the ( A5 ) sun go ( G5 ) down Where the ( F5 ) street lamps glow On those checkerboard roads Wishing ( C5 ) I could ( G5 ) fly like a ( A5 ) cut-string ( G5 ) kite ( F5 ) Tapping on the floor of ( G5 ) heaven ( F5 ) Is anybody ( G5 ) listening? Half Mile ( C5 ) Hill, ( C5 ) seventeen ( C5 - C5 ) Tailing the summer, ( C5 - C5 ) Angie and me ( C5 - C5 ) Kicking ( F5 ) beer cans off the side ( C5 ) One last ( C5 ) time ( C5 - C5 ) She was wildcat ( C5 ) tough, ( C5 ) I was scarecrow ( C5 ) thin ( C5 ) We were thick as ( C5 ) thieves ( C5 ) 'til the bitter end ( C5 - C5 ) ( F5 ) Trying to make time stand still Up on ( C5 ) Half Mile ( C5 ) Hill ( C5 - C5 ) Chorus Hey all, you ( F5 ) lovers and leavers Stuck in-betweeners ( G5 ) Loners and stoners Old drunks and dreamers ( F5 ) Rumbling and stumbling Always looking for something ( G5 ) Past that no trespassing sign You can see the ( F5 ) ball fields Watch the cars go 'round the ( C5 ) courthouse ( G5 ) See the ( A5 ) sun go ( G5 ) down Where the ( F5 ) street lamps glow On those checkerboard roads Wishing ( C5 ) I could ( G5 ) fly like a ( A5 ) cut-string ( G5 ) kite ( F5 ) Tapping on the floor of ( G5 ) heaven ( F5 ) Tapping on the floor of ( G5 ) heaven ( F5 ) Is anybody listening? ( G5 ) Up on Half Mile ( F5 ) Hill ( G5 ) Is anybody ( F5 ) listening? ( G5 ) ( C5 - C5 ) x8