1981

Capo 4, Drop D tuning
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Dsus4
In 1981, the president was shot
I was feathered and tube socked
Didn't mean a whole lot
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Chasing Tiffany Thuriet and kickballing
G/D
I was digging in the dirt
Dsus4/F# Dsus4 DM7sus4 G/D Dsus4(add2)
I didn't shower until I was thirteen
Dsus4/F# GM7/F#
Watching the shooting at a cub scout meeting
A7/D
You held the gun
Dsus4/F# GM7/F#
Isn't it funny how we rewrite our history
A7/D
When we've just met the one?
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Nineteen eighty one.
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In 1991, I met his band
G/D
He was breathy and tuneless
Dsus4/F#
The king of danville
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There was an angel behind the keys
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And six years later it means nothing to me
Dsus4/F#
All those concerts
GM7/F#
Mosh pits, skater shoes
A7/D
You there in the sun
Dsus4/F# Gsus4/F#
Isn't it funny how we rewrite our history
A7/D
when we've just met the one?
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nineteen ninety one.
Em9/D C#9(b5)/D Dsus4 DM7sus4 G/D Dsus4(add2)
Because history is a lie made up by those in love.
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And it's 2001, and we're together still
G/D
Making constellations on a half wet hill
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So when you're panicking beneath the sheets
G/D
And the water glass topples and the wind makes the blind lines creak
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Remember how it was in '86
G/D
When in the corner of your eye you saw me
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And how much I dug soccer chicks!
Dsus4/F# GM7/F#
All those high school parties, I was there
A7
Keeping you alive
Dsus4/F# GM7/F#
You didn't know it then, but that was me
A7/D
Making sure you'd catch my eye
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1000 years later on the stair
Dsus4 DM7sus4 G/D Dsus4(add2) G/D Dsus4/F# D69(no 3rd)
In 1971, I swear I held your hand while I was waiting in line to be born

Words and music by michael johnson
© 1999 zubsongs, ltd.