Starting Line - Classic Jazz Chords

The Starting Line

Key: D

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D      xx0232
A      x02220
A/C#   x476xx
Bm     x24432
G      320033
Em     022000
D/F#   2x023x
E/G#   476xxx


Intro: D A Bm A G A Bm A/C#  x2


Verse 1:
D           A
Lights come on from
    Bm
the neighbors woken 
A          G
up and the flash is 
    A           Bm
our cue for the dash 
       A/C#to the car to 
   D     A
the back porch
         Bm
where we laugh and we 
A           G
pass to the left 
       A
and reflect on 
  Bm       A/C#    Em
expected repetitiveness
    G            Em
The Dial didn't slip
       G
an inch from that station


Chorus 1:
        A/C#    D   A
We were floating in your room
Bm     G        D
to the songs of classic
A    Bm      A
jazz flowing all night
G       Em
long As fast as we're leading
    G          Em
our lives it's music
                    G
that still makes us come
       A         D         A Bm A G A Bm A/C#
out at night for good times

D A Bm A G A Bm A/C# 


Verse 2:
D       A
Lighten up cause 
     D/F#
it's summer and 
      A           G
we're just having fun
          E/G#
We're too young to be 
    Bmout running and 
A           D
ducking the fuzz
         Em
But your room was a
D/F#       A
safer than a spacious 
Gplace with the 
 A       Bm
clarinet filling 
    A/C#   Em
the entire thing
    G            Em
The dial didn't slip and 
    Ginch from that station that 
      Em
would play the hits of 
    G
our grandparents' time
        Emwhile I flawlessly chime 
          G
in at the hit of 
    A
the ride and say



Chorus 2:
    A/C#    D   A
I'm floating in your room
Bm     G        D
to the songs of classic
A    Bm      A
jazz flowing all night
G       Em
long As fast as we're leading
    G          Em
our lives it's music
                    G
that still makes us come
       A         D
out at night for good times


Interlude: Bm  A Bm  A G    


Bridge:
 Bm
Static there's 
A            Bm
nothing but static 
     A    G
programmed by popular
                  Bm
demand and then a light
appeared directly over
   A             Bm
my head and it illuminated as
                       Agreat as the idea that came
       G
It was simple we won't
             A
listen to commercials or
   Gthe same ten songs
over and over and over


Chorus 3:
            A/C#    D   A
Coz We were floating in your room
Bm     G        D
to the songs of classic
A    Bm      A         G
jazz flowing all night long
    A/C#  D      A
I'm flying from your
     Bm     G
room to the sun 
     D       A
with classic jazz still 
 Bm      A       G
spilling from my lungs
      A/C#    D   A
We're floating in your room
Bm     G        D
to the songs of classic
A    Bm      A         G
jazz flowing all night long


Outro: Em  G   x2