SKELETONS | REAL FRIENDS
STANDARD TUNING
CAPO 4



INTRO RIFF

e|-x-x-x-|
b|-x-x-x-|
g|-x-x-x-|
d|-4-6-7-|
a|-2-2-7-|
e|-0-4-5-|


Verse
   E             A             F#m           A
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------0-------------0-------------0-------------0--------|
G|-----1---1---1-----1---1---1-----1---1---1-----1---------4|
D|---2-------2-----2-------2-----2-------2-----2-----2-4/6--|
A|---------------0---------------------------0--------------|
E|-0---------------------------2----------------------------|


  E                   A              F#m                 A            
I won't forget when I couldn't go to bed with the lights off
       E                A          F#m     A      
When I heard that voice call me in for the night
   E            A             F#m              A
I remember when love was just a word and not a fight
      E            A          F#m(hold)        A(hold)
All I had to worry about were broken bones and being left alone

music break - (strum) E, A, E, Bb
Lead: 
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|---6b7-----6b7---------6b7-----6b7-9----6b7-----7-9~|
A|-7-----7-7-----7-----7-----7-7--------7-----7-7---7~|
E|-----------------7-7--------------------------------|


(strum)
E                                 
Way back then there were monsters in my closet
Bb                                        F#m
And now there's just skeletons hiding in there
The clock is ticking away
                     A             Bb
The leaves are still falling every day
    E                            Bb
The sunburn on my shoulders kept warm back then
         F#m                    A         Bb
Like the heat from the blacktop again and again


(strum once)
A          C#m    Bb  G#m            A
I remember when smoke didn't fill my lungs
        C#m        Bb         
When my hands were lost and so young


A                  C#m         Bb           G#m
It seemed like the houses were touching the sky
      A            C#m         Bb
And I thought this smile on my face would never lie


(palm mute)
Oh, the summer we were staring at the sun
The summer we were staring at the
Oh, the summer we were staring at the sun


E                                 
Way back then there were monsters in my closet
Bb                                       F#m
And now there's just skeletons hiding in there
The clock is ticking away
                     A             Bb
The leaves are still falling every day
    E                            Bb
The sunburn on my shoulders kept warm back then
        F#m                     A         Bb
Like the heat from the blacktop again and again

End on E

Tabbed By: Jonathan Crouch