Intro: Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Ab Abmaj7 Fm Eb Db Ab Db Eb -x2- Verse: Ab Back back way back Abmaj7 Fm Eb I used to front like Angkor Wat, Mechanicsburg, Anchorage and Dar es Salaam Db Ab While home from New York was champagne and disco Db Eb Tapes from l.a. slash San Francisco Ab Abmaj7 But actually Oakland and not Alameda Fm Eb Your girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader Db Ab Mine was entombed within boombox and Walkman Db Eb I was a hoarder but girl, that was back then Interlude: Ab Abmaj7 Fm Eb Chorus: Ab Abmaj7 Fm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Eb What you on about? Db Ab Db Eb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Ab Abmaj7 Fm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Eb Such a modest mouse Db Ab Db Eb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Ab Abmaj7 Fm Eb Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Interlude: Db Ab Db Eb Verse: Ab Abmaj7 Ancestors told me that their girl was better Fm Eb She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather Db Ab I just ignored all the tales of a past life Db Eb Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife Ab Abmaj7 And punks who would laugh when they saw us together Fm Eb Well they didn't know how to dress for the weather Db Ab I can still see them there huddled on Astor Db Eb Snow falling slow to the sound of the Master Chorus: Ab Abmaj7 Fm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Eb What you on about? Db Ab Db Eb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Ab Abmaj7 Fm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Eb Such a modest mouse Db Ab Db Eb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Interlude: Ab Abmaj7 Fm Eb Db Ab Db Eb Verse: Ab Abmaj7 Wisdom's a gift but you'd trade it for youth Fm Eb Age is an honour - it's still not the truth Db Ab We saw the stars when they hid from the world Db Eb You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl Ab Abmaj7 Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her Fm Eb The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her Db Ab We don't know the true death - the true way of all flesh Db Eb Everyone's dying but girl - you're not old yet Chorus: Ab Abmaj7 Fm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Eb What you on about? Db Ab Db Eb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Ab Abmaj7 Fm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Eb Such a modest mouse Db Ab Db Eb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Ab Abmaj7 Fm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Eb What you on about? Db Ab Db Eb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Ab Abmaj7 Fm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Eb Such a modest mouse Db Ab Db Eb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Ab Abmaj7 Fm Eb Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Outro: Db Ab Db Eb Ab
