WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Ellis Paul - Eighteen Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G
(It) was a summer night
C
I took off in my old man's car
G D
Rolled the windows right on down
G
I cranked up the radio
C
And chased a meteor
G D
On a dirt road out of town
[Chorus 1]
C
Tonight
G
There's a bonfire in Walker's field
C
Tonight
G
In the firelight our dreams revealed
C
Tonight
G
You can chase away your high school years
Am C
Shadows dancing wildly at the scene
Am
But I never knew right then
C
Just what it means
G
To be eighteen
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[Verse 2]
G
The voice of Jimmy Aberdeen
C
Still washes over me
G D
He had a laugh like a thunder cloud
G
He's holding blue spray paint
C
Jimmy was no saint
G D
But he could always draw the crowd
[Chorus 2]
C
That night
G
We climbed the water tower in Walker's field
C
That night
G
Above the lights of town our fates were sealed
C
That night
G
Jimmy fell down through the darkness
Am C
An ambulance brought silence to the scene
Am
And carried off the life
C
And broken dreams
G
Of Jimmy Aberdeen
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
G
Now the years have passed
C
The cabbie taps the glass
G
We're outside
D
My reunion hall
G
He leaves me to the night
C
I can count the satellites
G
I see the tower
D
Looming tall
[Chorus 3]
C
Tonight
G
I'm taking on my memory
C
Tonight
G
I climbed the water tower for all to see
C
Tonight
G
I painted steel with cobalt blue
Am
Spelling out
C
My graduation year
Am
Above the highway
C
That took me out of here
[Bridge]
Am
And I finally think
C
I really know what it means
G
To be eighteen
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Eighteen
G
Eighteen
[Instrumental]
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