Tom: D
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[Verse 1]
D A
All the cool kids were wearing black high tops
G D
Wanted 'em so bad
A
Ads on TV, at the school,
G D
Driving me mad
A
Run your fastest, jump your highest,
G D
Better in every way
A
If my momma had bought me some PI Flyers
G D
Everything might have been okay
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D A
Skip had a Fender Bassman,
G D
Best amplifier in the land
A
He couldn't play, but it didn't matter
G D
Got into a band
A
I was pluggin' my guitar into my record player
G D
Sittin' in my room all day
A
If I'd've had me a Fender amp,
G D
I might have gone all the way
[Chorus]
Bm A
I used to love the sound that time made
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Rushin' past my ears
D A
It's gone by in the blink of an eye,
G D
It's been fifty years
[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
D A
Cindy, with a scent of danger,
G D
Betty with those puffy lips,
A
Barbie reachin' through the sand
G D
I touched her fingertips
A
Jennifer, so tall and creamy,
G D
Karen with her country ways
A
I wanted to talk to them
G D
But I couldn't think of nothin' to say
[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
D A
Larry was a psycho,
G D
Greg, he was 'Nam,
A
Peter was his brother's keeper
G D
Paul marched to a different drum
A
Dirtball, he went AWOL,
G D
I ain't seen him since
A
I wanted to be on that list,
G D
To leave no fingerprints
[Chorus]
Bm A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m G
Rushin' past my ears
D A
It's gone by in the blink of an eye,
G D
It's been fifty years
[Intrumental]
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[Verse 5]
D A
There's a ring around the moon tonight
G D
It's flashing red and green
A
Wrong or right, stop a coke,
G D
I'm wonderin' what it means
A
I'm sittin' here thinkin'
G D
About a world so long ago
A
A bunch of kids, sharin' some air,
G D
People I used to know
[Interlude]
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[Verse 6]
D A
Some are lost, some are missin',
G D
Some have died
A
There's a few that shoulda,
G D
Somehow they made it to the other side
A
Life ain't no mystery,
G D
Life is a one-act play
A
It don't wait for nobody
G D
Don't let nothin' get in its way
[Chorus]
Bm A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m G
Rushin' past my ears
D A
Now it's gone by in the blink of an eye,
G D
But it's been fifty years
[Chorus]
Bm A
I used to love the sound that time made
F#m G
Rushin' past my ears
D A
Now it's gone by in the blink of an eye,
G D
But it's been fifty years
[Intrumental]
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