Intro: Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl F Fmaj7 Dm C Bb F Bb C -x2- Verse: F Back back way back Fmaj7 Dm C I used to front like Angkor Wat, Mechanicsburg, Anchorage and Dar es Salaam Bb F While home from New York was champagne and disco Bb C Tapes from l.a. slash San Francisco F Fmaj7 But actually Oakland and not Alameda Dm C Your girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader Bb F Mine was entombed within boombox and Walkman Bb C I was a hoarder but girl, that was back then Interlude: F Fmaj7 Dm C Chorus: F Fmaj7 Dm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out C What you on about? Bb F Bb C I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones F Fmaj7 Dm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house C Such a modest mouse Bb F Bb C I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone F Fmaj7 Dm C Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Interlude: Bb F Bb C Verse: F Fmaj7 Ancestors told me that their girl was better Dm C She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather Bb F I just ignored all the tales of a past life Bb C Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife F Fmaj7 And punks who would laugh when they saw us together Dm C Well they didn't know how to dress for the weather Bb F I can still see them there huddled on Astor Bb C Snow falling slow to the sound of the Master Chorus: F Fmaj7 Dm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out C What you on about? Bb F Bb C I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones F Fmaj7 Dm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house C Such a modest mouse Bb F Bb C I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Interlude: F Fmaj7 Dm C Bb F Bb C Verse: F Fmaj7 Wisdom's a gift but you'd trade it for youth Dm C Age is an honour - it's still not the truth Bb F We saw the stars when they hid from the world Bb C You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl F Fmaj7 Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her Dm C The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her Bb F We don't know the true death - the true way of all flesh Bb C Everyone's dying but girl - you're not old yet Chorus: F Fmaj7 Dm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out C What you on about? Bb F Bb C I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones F Fmaj7 Dm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house C Such a modest mouse Bb F Bb C I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone F Fmaj7 Dm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out C What you on about? Bb F Bb C I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones F Fmaj7 Dm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house C Such a modest mouse Bb F Bb C I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone F Fmaj7 Dm C Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Outro: Bb F Bb C F
