Intro: Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Eb Ebmaj7 Cm Bb Ab Eb Ab Bb -x2- Verse: Eb Back back way back Ebmaj7 Cm Bb I used to front like Angkor Wat, Mechanicsburg, Anchorage and Dar es Salaam Ab Eb While home from New York was champagne and disco Ab Bb Tapes from l.a. slash San Francisco Eb Ebmaj7 But actually Oakland and not Alameda Cm Bb Your girl was in Berkeley with her communist reader Ab Eb Mine was entombed within boombox and Walkman Ab Bb I was a hoarder but girl, that was back then Interlude: Eb Ebmaj7 Cm Bb Chorus: Eb Ebmaj7 Cm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Bb What you on about? Ab Eb Ab Bb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Eb Ebmaj7 Cm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Bb Such a modest mouse Ab Eb Ab Bb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Eb Ebmaj7 Cm Bb Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Interlude: Ab Eb Ab Bb Verse: Eb Ebmaj7 Ancestors told me that their girl was better Cm Bb She's richer than Croesus, she's tougher than leather Ab Eb I just ignored all the tales of a past life Ab Bb Stale conversation deserves but a bread knife Eb Ebmaj7 And punks who would laugh when they saw us together Cm Bb Well they didn't know how to dress for the weather Ab Eb I can still see them there huddled on Astor Ab Bb Snow falling slow to the sound of the Master Chorus: Eb Ebmaj7 Cm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Bb What you on about? Ab Eb Ab Bb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Eb Ebmaj7 Cm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Bb Such a modest mouse Ab Eb Ab Bb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Interlude: Eb Ebmaj7 Cm Bb Ab Eb Ab Bb Verse: Eb Ebmaj7 Wisdom's a gift but you'd trade it for youth Cm Bb Age is an honour - it's still not the truth Ab Eb We saw the stars when they hid from the world Ab Bb You cursed the sun when it stepped to your girl Eb Ebmaj7 Maybe she's gone and I can't resurrect her Cm Bb The truth is she doesn't need me to protect her Ab Eb We don't know the true death - the true way of all flesh Ab Bb Everyone's dying but girl - you're not old yet Chorus: Eb Ebmaj7 Cm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Bb What you on about? Ab Eb Ab Bb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Eb Ebmaj7 Cm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Bb Such a modest mouse Ab Eb Ab Bb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Eb Ebmaj7 Cm The gloves are off, the wisdom teeth are out Bb What you on about? Ab Eb Ab Bb I feel it in my bones, I feel it in my bones Eb Ebmaj7 Cm I'm stronger now, I'm ready for the house Bb Such a modest mouse Ab Eb Ab Bb I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone Eb Ebmaj7 Cm Bb Every time I see you in the world, you always step to my girl Outro: Ab Eb Ab Bb Eb
